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huers

huers is the plural of huer.

Meaning of huer

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

Questions about huers

What is huers the plural of?
Huers is the plural of huer.

Words near huers in the dictionary

  1. huemulite
  2. huemuls
  3. huer
  4. Huerfano
  5. Huerfano County
  6. huers
  7. huerta
  8. Huertas
  9. Huertases
  10. hues
  11. hues and cries

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