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alarmer

alarmer noun: one who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.

Noun

alarmer (plural alarmers)

  1. One who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.
  2. (US, in-compounds) A multialarm fire of a specified number of alarms.
    • This three-alarmer brought out no fewer than seven steam pumpers, which are drawing water from a fire cistern...1991, Leonard Victor Huber, New Orleans: a pictorial history, page 277
    • “A two-alarmer,” someone commented. “Must be a nasty one.” We slurped our soda and ran for the trolley. “Fire's in Loray,” the motorman told us as he rang his bell.2007, Flora Ann Scearce, Cotton Mill Girl, page 118

Forms of alarmer

pluralalarmers

Origin of alarmer

From alarm + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).

Questions about alarmer

What does alarmer mean?
Alarmer means one who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.
What part of speech is alarmer?
Alarmer is a noun.
What is the plural of alarmer?
The plural of alarmer is alarmers.

Words near alarmer in the dictionary

  1. alarm-clock headaches
  2. alarmable
  3. alarmclock
  4. alarmed
  5. alarmedly
  6. alarmer
  7. alarmers
  8. alarmest
  9. alarmeth
  10. alarmful
  11. alarmin

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