cher
UK/ʃɛə//ʃɛɹ/
cher is the alternative spelling of 'cher.
Meaning of 'cher
Noun
'cher (plural 'chers)
- A teacher (a person who teaches in a school).
- Student A: "Cher cher! Can I go to the loo?" Teacher: "Go lah go lah!".1998 August 14, mrbrown, “The Great Singlish/Singapore Dialect Dictionary”, in mrbrown.com, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2017
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Cher
Cher
- A department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Bourges.
- A left tributary of the Loire, in central France, flowing through the departments of Creuse, Allier, Cher, Loir-et-Cher and Indre-et-Loire.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cher
Cher
- A short form of the female given name Cherilyn, popularized as a given name by the singer Cher.
Forms of cher
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Phrases with cher
Words that rhyme with cher
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- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about cher
- What does cher mean?
- Cher means a department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Bourges.
- What is cher the alternative spelling of?
- Cher is the alternative spelling of 'cher.
- What part of speech is cher?
- Cher is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cher?
- Cher is pronounced /ʃɛɹ/ (US).
Words near cher in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cher (page history and authors); Cher (page history and authors); 'cher (page history and authors). 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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