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vier

vier noun: one who vies for something.

Noun

vier (plural viers)

  1. One who vies for something.
    • Evidently, there were two children vying for a third's attention. The two attention viers were engaged in a series of gymnastic feats on a small portable trampoline. Two girls were trying to outdo each other to impress the third child, a boy.1991, Diane Lynch Fraser, Playdancing, page 90

Forms of vier

pluralviers

Origin of vier

From vie + -er.

Questions about vier

What does vier mean?
Vier means one who vies for something.
What part of speech is vier?
Vier is a noun.
What is the plural of vier?
The plural of vier is viers.

Words near vier in the dictionary

  1. Viennois
  2. viennoiserie
  3. viennoiseries
  4. Viens
  5. Vientiane
  6. vier
  7. Viera
  8. vierbein
  9. vierbeins
  10. Vierchniadzvinsk
  11. Vierendeel

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