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honeyer

honeyer noun: an obsequious person; a flatterer. Also the comparative form of honey.

Noun

honeyer (plural honeyers)

  1. An obsequious person; a flatterer.
    • I should be a flatterer, a honeyer of people. I go along and tell the truth.1893, Opie Read, A Tennessee Judge, page 15
  2. A person who keeps bees to produce honey.
    • […] the beekeeper had twelve vasculo (small wicker hives), which indicates a bona-fide beekeeper and not a honeyer.2001, Robert Brian Ogden, In Pursuit of Liquid Gold, page 16

Also used as

honeyer is also the comparative form of honey.

Forms of honeyer

pluralhoneyers

Origin of honeyer

From honey + -er.

Questions about honeyer

What does honeyer mean?
Honeyer means an obsequious person; a flatterer.
What part of speech is honeyer?
Honeyer is a noun.
What is the plural of honeyer?
The plural of honeyer is honeyers.

Words near honeyer in the dictionary

  1. honeyed
  2. honeyed around
  3. honeyed up
  4. honeyedly
  5. honeyedness
  6. honeyer
  7. honeyers
  8. honeyest
  9. honeyfall
  10. honeyflower
  11. honeyflowers

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