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harmer

harmer noun: one who harms.

Noun

harmer (plural harmers)

  1. (rare) One who harms.
    • Turning to the post-Beowulf Cynewulfian poems, one notes the same duality between spiritual and natural "harmers" in the use of the word.1961, Sietze Buning, A linguistic analysis of words referring to monsters in Beowulf
    • And if the rich succeed in using the surplus, they would also be the first harmers because the poor are thereby made worse off.2013, James P. Sterba, From Rationality to Equality, page 180

Proper noun capitalized: Harmer

Harmer (plural Harmers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of harmer

Noun
pluralharmers
Proper noun
pluralHarmers

Origin of harmer

From harm + -er.

Words formed from harmer

Questions about harmer

What does harmer mean?
Harmer means one who harms.
What part of speech is harmer?
Harmer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of harmer?
The plural of harmer is harmers.

Words near harmer in the dictionary

  1. harmed a hair on someone's head
  2. harmefull
  3. harmel
  4. Harmening
  5. Harmenings
  6. harmer
  7. harmers
  8. Harmers Haven
  9. harmes
  10. harmest
  11. harmeth

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