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yearer

yearer noun: a period of a certain number of years.

Noun

yearer (plural yearers)

  1. A period of a certain number of years.
    • "Five yearers" were said to be allowed to grow moustaches or even marry a wife if such a thing were available. If "four yearers" mixed with "one yearers" the worst was suspected and very often turned out to be true.1983, Mordecai Richler, The Best of modern humor
    • He feels the resentment of lower-class recruits and NCOs against the 'one-yearer' with higher education, who does not even have to sleep in the murk of the barracks.2009, Joachim Radkau, Max Weber

Forms of yearer

pluralyearers

Origin of yearer

From year + -er.

Questions about yearer

What does yearer mean?
Yearer means a period of a certain number of years.
What part of speech is yearer?
Yearer is a noun.
What is the plural of yearer?
The plural of yearer is yearers.

Words near yearer in the dictionary

  1. yeards
  2. yeare
  3. yeared
  4. yearend
  5. yearends
  6. yearer
  7. yearers
  8. yeares
  9. yearful
  10. yearfuls
  11. Yeargan

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