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fifer

fifer noun: one who plays on a fife.

Noun (1)

fifer (plural fifers)

  1. One who plays on a fife.

Noun (2) capitalized: Fifer

Fifer (plural Fifers)

  1. A person who hails from the county of Fife in Scotland.

Proper noun capitalized: Fifer

Fifer

  1. A surname.

Forms of fifer

pluralfifers
pluralFifers

Origin of fifer

From fife + -er. Piecewise doublet of piper.

From Fife + -er.

Words that rhyme with fifer

Questions about fifer

What does fifer mean?
Fifer means one who plays on a fife.
What part of speech is fifer?
Fifer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fifer?
The plural of fifer is fifers.

Words near fifer in the dictionary

  1. fife majors
  2. Fife Ness
  3. fife-rail
  4. fife-rails
  5. fifed
  6. fifer
  7. fifers
  8. fifes
  9. Fifeshire
  10. fifi
  11. fifi hook

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fifer (page history and authors); Fifer (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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