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hearers

hearers is the plural of hearer.

Meaning of hearer

Noun

hearer (plural hearers)

  1. One who hears.
    • Defaultism
      The defaultist view is that some conversational implicatures are default inferences—presumptive meanings—that the hearer makes unless given reason not to by the speaker.2019, Shalom Lappin, Chris Fox, The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory, page 185
  2. A person who regularly attends sermons; a devout listener.
    • Whilst Mr. Taale was priest in Osteröe, it happened that one of his hearers was carried away and returned again.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 258

Questions about hearers

What is hearers the plural of?
Hearers is the plural of hearer.

Words near hearers in the dictionary

  1. heards
  2. heardst
  3. heare
  4. heared
  5. hearer
  6. hearers
  7. hearership
  8. heares
  9. hearest
  10. heareth
  11. hearie

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