E'ER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

e'er

[air]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

Chiefly Literary.

contraction of ever.

EER

abbreviation

energy efficiency ratio.

-eer

a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French (buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer ) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle, or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word (auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer ); now frequently pejorative (profiteer; racketeer ).

-eer

suffix

(forming nouns) indicating a person who is concerned with or who does something specified
auctioneer
engineer
profiteer
mutineer
(forming verbs) to be concerned with something specified
electioneer

e'er

/ ɛə /

adverb

poetic��a contraction of ever

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of e'er¹

< French, Middle French -ier ( Old French < Latin -��ܲ� -ary as suffix of personal nouns); in some nouns replacing earlier suffixes ( engineer, charioteer ) or the French suffix -aire -aire ( musketeer, volunteer )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of e'er¹

from Old French -ier, from Latin -arius _-ary

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Example Sentences

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The quotation taken from the book for the OED is: "Where that cosmetic … Shall e'er revirginize that brow's abuse."

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The poet James Thomson lauded their different styles – "What e'er Lorrain light-touched with softening hue, / Or savage Rosa dashed, or learned Poussin drew" – and their effect on British painters was profound.

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The goat was as well as e'er a goat ever was, for a month after she was sent to Killaan to your father's.

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But Lufra,—whom from Douglas' side Nor bribe nor threat could e'er divide, The fleetest hound in all the North,— Brave Lufra saw and darted forth.

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So, then, I asked him again if he had seen e'er a set of gipsies in that direction; upon which he asked why, and I told him outright.

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When To Use

What does -eer mean?

The suffix -eer is used to denote nouns, and specifically nouns denoting people who produce, handle, or are otherwise associated with the first element of the word. It is often used in everyday and technical terms.The form -eer comes from Middle French -ier, a suffix denoting personal nouns, which comes from Latin -��ܲ�, with the same sense. To learn more, check out our entry for the suffix -ary.What are variants of -eer?While not a variant of -eer per se, -eer is related to the suffix -aire, also from French, which denotes a person characterized or occupied by the stem, as in millionaire.

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