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EER: Meaning and Definition of
EER
Pronunciation: [key]
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e'er
Pronunciation: (âr), [key]
— adv. Chiefly Literary.
- ever.
-eer
Pronunciation: [key]
- 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). Cf. -ary, -er,.
