-er (?). 1. [AS. -ere; akin to L.
-arius.]
The termination of many English words, denoting
the agent; -- applied either to men
or things; as in hater,
farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of
places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.
2. [AS. -ra; akin to
G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza, -&?;za, L. - ior, Gr. &?;, Skr. -īyas.] A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
Hear it pronounced