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Webster 1913 Edition
-er
-er
.
1.
[AS.
-ere
; akin to L. -arius
.] The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; – applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place;
as, London
. er
, i. e., London man
2.
[AS.
-ra
; akin to G. -er
, Icel. -are
, -re
, Goth. -iza
, -[GREEK]za
, L. -ior
, Gr. [GREEK], Skr. -īyas
.] A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs;
as, warm
. er
, sooner
, lat(e)er
, earl(y)ier