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huer

huer noun: someone who cries out or gives an alarm, especially (Cornwall, historical, fishing) A balker or conder; one who watches shoals of fish so that they can be caught.

Noun

huer (plural huers)

  1. Someone who cries out or gives an alarm, especially (Cornwall, historical, fishing) A balker or conder; one who watches shoals of fish so that they can be caught.
    • For no sooner was Billy let out of the stocks than off he went to Lawyer Mennear, who was a young man then just set up in practice, and as keen for a job as a huer for pilchards1900, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts, Prisoners of War

Forms of huer

pluralhuers

Origin of huer

From hue + -er.

Questions about huer

What does huer mean?
Huer means someone who cries out or gives an alarm, especially (Cornwall, historical, fishing) A balker or conder; one who watches shoals of fish so that they can be caught.
What part of speech is huer?
Huer is a noun.
What is the plural of huer?
The plural of huer is huers.

Words near huer in the dictionary

  1. Huelvan
  2. Huelvans
  3. huemul
  4. huemulite
  5. huemuls
  6. huer
  7. Huerfano
  8. Huerfano County
  9. huers
  10. huerta
  11. Huertas

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