Plural of carer
regular plural
The plural of carer is carers.
Forms of carer
| Singular | carer /ˈkɛəɹə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | carers |
| Countable | countable |
Carers in a sentence
- Scatolia is not uncommon among dementia sufferers, and is very distressing to their carers.2000, Alan Jacques, Graham A. Jackson, Understanding Dementia, page 170. From the entry scatolia
- On the other hand, indiscriminate carers have no criteria by which to allocate their energies.1982, George R[obert] Bach, Laura Torbet, “Balance: Caring on an Even Keel”, in A Time for Caring, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN…. From the entry uncareworthy
- Care for the elderly is a women's issue from two perspectives: carers are presumably women, and most of those cared-for as well.1991, Leila Simonen, Feminist Social Policy in Finland, page 95. From the entry old-old
- We talked about a Four Corners programme that had depicted the relentless burden that children with disabilities were to their carers – whose mumhood was completely denied in that programme.2015, Gwenda Tavan, State of the Nation: Essays for Robert Manne, →ISBN. From the entry mumhood
Meaning of carer
- noun Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.
Questions about the plural of carer
- What is the plural of carer?
- The plural of carer is carers.
- Is carer countable?
- Carer is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: carer (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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