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er

Pronunciation: /ɛ̝ːr/

“er” is a Middle English word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. early
  2. earlier
  3. formerly
  4. rather

noun

  1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
  2. A cluster of fruit.

Etymology

From Old English ǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airi.

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