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hayer

hayer noun: one who cuts hay for animal fodder. Also the pronunciation spelling of here.

Noun

hayer (plural hayers)

  1. One who cuts hay for animal fodder.
    • […] the men do the mowing, the women the raking, and with the exception of two villages, the men carry the hay on their backs and load the hay sleds and wagons. Children help with the raking, and carry hot meals from home to the hayers.1989, William A. Christian, Person and God in a Spanish Valley, page 31

Proper noun capitalized: Hayer

Hayer (plural Hayers)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

hayer is also the pronunciation spelling of here.

Forms of hayer

Noun
pluralhayers
Proper noun
pluralHayers

Origin of hayer

From hay + -er.

Various etymologies: * A variant of the English surname Ayer. * A topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle English hay (“enclosure, hedge”) + -er. * Borrowed from French Hayer, an occupational surname for a warder of a woodland, from Old French haye (“hedge”). * Borrowed from South German Hayer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German heien (“to guard, protect”). * Borrowed from Punjabi ਹਾਈਯਰ (hāīyar), surname based on the name of a Jat clan.

Questions about hayer

What does hayer mean?
Hayer means one who cuts hay for animal fodder.
What part of speech is hayer?
Hayer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hayer?
The plural of hayer is hayers.

Words near hayer in the dictionary

  1. Hayek
  2. Hayekian
  3. Hayekians
  4. Hayekism
  5. Hayeks
  6. hayer
  7. hayers
  8. hayes
  9. Hayes Center
  10. Hayes County
  11. Hayes Gap

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