suer

See also: suèr, suër, and sür

English

Etymology

sue + -er

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: sewer

Noun

suer (plural suers)

  1. One who sues; a suitor.
    • 1869, Littell's Living Age (page 789)
      He was the most interesting of all the suers for her hand.

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References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for suer in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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French

Etymology

From Old French suer, from Latin sūdāre, present active infinitive of sūdō, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɥe/, /sy.e/
  • (file)

Verb

suer

  1. to sweat

Conjugation

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Middle English

Adjective

suer

  1. Alternative form of sure

Norman

Etymology

From Old French suer, from Latin sūdō, sūdāre (sweat, perspire, verb).

Verb

suer

  1. (Jersey) to steam

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

suer f

  1. indefinite plural of su

Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɛr/

Noun

suer f

  1. nominative singular of seror

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