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rimer

rimer noun: a tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder. Also the archaic spelling of rhymer.

Noun

rimer (plural rimers)

  1. A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

Proper noun capitalized: Rimer

Rimer (countable and uncountable, plural Rimers)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County, Ohio, United States.

Also used as

rimer is also the archaic spelling of rhymer.

Forms of rimer

Noun
pluralrimers
Proper noun
pluralRimers

Origin of rimer

From rime + -er.

From rime (“to rhyme”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

* As an English surname, from a medieval form of rhymer (“one who rhymes”). * As a Jewish and German surname, spelling variant of Riemer.

Questions about rimer

What does rimer mean?
Rimer means a tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.
What part of speech is rimer?
Rimer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of rimer?
The plural of rimer is rimers.

Words near rimer in the dictionary

  1. rimegepant
  2. Rimel
  3. rimeless
  4. Rimell
  5. Rimels
  6. rimer
  7. rimers
  8. rimes
  9. rimes riches
  10. rimes royal
  11. rimester

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