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stayer

Syllables: stay·erUK/ˈsteɪ.ə/US/ˈsteɪ.ɚ/

stayer noun: one who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.

Noun

stayer (plural stayers)

  1. One who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.
  2. One who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains.
  3. (informal) An athlete, horse, etc. with staying power.
    • Manwarra Goforgold is the stayer in the race.2009 January 31, Adam Hamilton, “Feelgood ending is no sure thing”, in Herald Sun

Proper noun capitalized: Stayer

Stayer (plural Stayers)

  1. A surname.

stayer meaning in Tamil

stayer in Tamil

தங்குபவர்

Forms of stayer

Noun
pluralstayers
Proper noun
pluralStayers

Origin of stayer

From stay + -er.

Words formed from stayer

Questions about stayer

What does stayer mean?
Stayer means one who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.
What is stayer in Tamil?
Stayer in Tamil is தங்குபவர். See Stayer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stayer?
Stayer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce stayer?
Stayer is pronounced /ˈsteɪ.ɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of stayer?
The plural of stayer is stayers.

Words near stayer in the dictionary

  1. stayed up late
  2. stayed within the lines
  3. stayedly
  4. stayedness
  5. stayedst
  6. stayer
  7. stayers
  8. stayest
  9. stayeth
  10. stayfall
  11. stayfalls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stayer (page history and authors); Stayer (page history and authors); stayer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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