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overhearer

overhearer noun: one who overhears.

Noun

overhearer (plural overhearers)

  1. One who overhears.
  2. One who grows up hearing a language, but does not learn to speak it.

Forms of overhearer

pluraloverhearers

Origin of overhearer

From overhear + -er.

Questions about overhearer

What does overhearer mean?
Overhearer means one who overhears.
What part of speech is overhearer?
Overhearer is a noun.
What is the plural of overhearer?
The plural of overhearer is overhearers.

Words near overhearer in the dictionary

  1. overheaped
  2. overheaping
  3. overheaps
  4. overhear
  5. overheard
  6. overhearer
  7. overhearers
  8. overhearing
  9. overhearings
  10. overhears
  11. overheartily

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