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asher

Syllables: A·sherUK/ˈæʃə//ˈæʃɚ/

asher noun: a member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the topics of suicide and depression.

Noun

asher (plural ashers)

  1. A member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the topics of suicide and depression.
    • ANYONE who first stumbles upon ash is bound to want to SAVE these desperately unhappy people. If you think Daisy was the first or last person trying to knock sense into the ashers, you are wrong. And from my observations, Anyone with only good intentions, (say trying to give ashers a spiritual...1998, im__naked, “everybody`s got 2 cents RIGHT?”, in alt.support.grief (Usenet)
    • I can't remember how this thread started to be honest, but if someone said that suicide won't affect others, I agree with you about that. In fact I think all ASHers would agree that a suicide is not an isolated event that won't make ripples in the life of others.1998, Marc, “MESSAGE TO JENNY M.”, in alt.angst (Usenet)

Proper noun capitalized: Asher

UK/ˈæ.ʃə(ɹ)/US/ˈæ.ʃɚ/

Asher

  1. The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
    • Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26
  2. One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.
    • And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 21:30
  3. A male given name from Hebrew.
  4. (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
  5. A surname.
    • Jeff Asher, a crime data analyst whose Crime Index is widely used by policymakers and researchers to track shifts in violence, explained that last year’s homicide reduction is part of a three-year trend following a historic spike.2026 August 6, Meaghan McDonald, Michael Friedrich, “Why Are Homicides Declining Across the United States?”, in Pew
  6. A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

asher meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

asher in Hindi

आशेर, एशर

asher in Tamil

ஆஷர்

asher in Marathi

आशेर, अशर

asher in Urdu

ایشر, ایشیر, آشر
More languagesFewer languages
asher in Bengali
আশের
asher in Telugu
ఆషర్
asher in Malayalam
ആഷർ
asher in Kannada
ಆಶರ್, ಅಶರ್, ಆಶೆರ್
asher in Punjabi
ਅਸ਼ਰ, ਐਸ਼ਰ, ਅਸ਼ੇਰ
asher in Gujarati
આશેર, એશર
asher in Odia
ଆଶେର
asher in Nepali
आशेर, अशर, एशर

Examples of asher in a sentence

  • If you think Daisy was the first or last person trying to knock sense into the ashers, you are wrong.1998, im__naked, “everybody`s got 2 cents RIGHT?”, in alt.support.grief (Usenet):
  • Some ashers dislike and ridicule online forums like asd, that provide a more traditional forms ^([sic]) of support, as useless and requiring insincere displays of affection.2007, slunky, “Is it true that you can't commit suicide with pills?”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet):

Forms of asher

pluralashers

Plural of asher: ashers

Origin of asher

Initialism of alt.suicide.holiday + -er.

Borrowed from Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('ashér).

Words formed from asher

Questions about asher

What does asher mean?
Asher means a member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the topics of suicide and depression.
What is asher in Hindi?
Asher in Hindi is आशेर, एशर. See Asher meaning in Hindi.
How do you use asher in a sentence?
If you think Daisy was the first or last person trying to knock sense into the ashers, you are wrong.
What part of speech is asher?
Asher can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce asher?
Asher is pronounced /ˈæʃɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of asher?
The plural of asher is ashers.

Words near asher in the dictionary

  1. ashening
  2. ashenly
  3. ashenness
  4. ashens
  5. Ashepoo
  6. asher
  7. asherah
  8. asherahs
  9. asheries
  10. asherim
  11. Asherite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: asher (page history and authors); Asher (page history and authors); asher (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asher (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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