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midear

UK/mɪˈdɪə/

midear noun: a familiar term of address.

Noun

midear (plural midears)

  1. A familiar term of address.
    • "No, I ain't got no gaff," replied Shiner, lifting the fender another notch. "If I had, you should have it, midear."1935, Henry Williamson, Salar the Salmon, Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, published 1936, page 267
    • 'So, midear,' Elfrida addresses the watchful young person on her immediate left, 'you are not familiar with Devon?'1996, Gillian White, The Beggar Bride, London: Orion, →ISBN, page 82

Forms of midear

pluralmidears
alternative formm'dear

Origin of midear

Representing a dialectal or colloquial pronunciation of my + dear.

Questions about midear

What does midear mean?
Midear means a familiar term of address.
What part of speech is midear?
Midear is a noun.
How do you pronounce midear?
Midear is pronounced /mɪˈdɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of midear?
The plural of midear is midears.

Words near midear in the dictionary

  1. middy
  2. middy blouse
  3. middy blouses
  4. Midean
  5. Mideans
  6. midear
  7. midears
  8. Mideast
  9. Mideastern
  10. Mideasterner
  11. Mideasterners

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