eir

UK/ɛə/US/ɛɹ/

eir determiner: belonging to em, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to the singular their and coordinate with his and her.

Determiner

eir

(nonstandard, rare) Belonging to em, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to the singular their and coordinate with his and her.
- Eir sentences would sound smoother since ey wouldn’t clutter them with the old sexist pronouns. And if ey should trip up in the new usage, ey would only have emself to blame.1975 August 23, Judie Black, “Ey has a word for it”, in Chicago Tribune, section 1, page 12
- A person whose habit is to stand and walk splay-footed may *think* eir feet are straight ahead, when they are actually pointed only slightly less out.1996 December 22, Shirley Worth, “New To Yoga”, in alt.yoga (Usenet), message-ID <32BDCA0C.6C8@worth.org>

Noun capitalized: EIR

EIR (plural EIRs)

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of excess information rate.
(US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of establishment inspection report: a report issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration following the inspection of a facility where goods under the authority of the agency are manufactured, held, or sold.
(California, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of environmental impact report.
- Anaheim, which also has its EIR completed, lacks the glitz and allure of Los Angeles, and the price and demand for pricey corporate suites and club seating may not produce the same kind of revenue that a stadium in Los Angeles would provide.2004 September 8, Leonard Shapiro, “Stadium Groups Vie to Give NFL Reason to Love L.A.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- Whether the latest changes to the Zumthor design trigger excitement or criticism, the release of the EIR will refocus attention to key questions, including to what extent rising construction costs prompted a 10% reduction in the building’s size, how feasible a new opening target of early 2024 may...2019 March 28, Deborah Vankin, “LACMA clears key hurdle, but rising costs force new museum to shrink in size”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN...

Proper noun capitalized: EIR

EIR

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Executive Intelligence Review.
- “I think it's very useful to have a voice of truth in the Washington area,” said Dana Scanlon, a spokeswoman for EIR. She said she believes EIR will try the program on another area station.1986 October 10, Jeffrey Yorke, “[Lyndon] LaRouche ‘Hour’ Pulled”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- During the 1996 presidential campaign [of Lyndon LaRouche], EIR carried the headline: “US Election is also a Referendum on Britain’s Lord [William] Rees-Mogg.”2019 February 25, Telegraph Obituaries, “Lyndon LaRouche, Right-wing conspiracy theorist who believed the Queen [Elizabeth II] was a global drug-trafficker and who ran for US president eight times –...
(UK, abbreviation, initialism, rare) Initialism of Elizabeth I Regina; a retronymic royal cypher of Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland.
- Other than that, there is "A Man For All Seasons" set in Elizabethan period, though not about E I R directly.1995 April 9, John Douglas Porter, “movies about Queeen Elizabeth I”, in rec.arts.movies (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026
- There was a contemporary pic in Saturday's "Times" of EIR's funeral cortege. It was gobsmackingly beautiful. Did anyone see it?2003 March 25, LizR, “Elizabeth I”, in alt.history.british (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026

Examples of eir in a sentence

If a mobile user is far from eir home area, ey will pay a long-distance fee for carriage of the call *from* eir home area, just as a caller would pay long-distance on a call *to* that area.1997 November 25, Scott Robert Dawson, “Who Pays for Cellular Calls”, in alt.cellular (Usenet), message-ID...
The adult worries much less; is cautious, sensible and knows how to protect emself and eir system from attack and error.2004 March 31, Sue Thomas, Hello World : travels in virtuality, Raw Nerve Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 78:
And ultimately: I think my readers are mature enough that knowing eir assigned gender is not going to give them an “excuse” to misgender em.2011 March 15, RJ Edwards, “#89: New Friend”, in Riot Nrrd, archived from the original on 30 May 2013:

Forms of eir

plural	EIRs

Origin of eir

Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing "th" from their.

Initialisms. * (Elizabeth I): By analogy with EIIR (“Elizabeth II”).

Words formed from eir

eirs
eirself

Words that rhyme with eir

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Questions about eir

What does eir mean?: Eir means belonging to em, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to the singular their and coordinate with his and her.
How do you use eir in a sentence?: If a mobile user is far from eir home area, ey will pay a long-distance fee for carriage of the call *from* eir home area, just as a caller would pay long-distance on a call *to* that area.
What part of speech is eir?: Eir can be a determiner, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce eir?: Eir is pronounced /ɛɹ/ (US).

Words near eir in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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