Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yearer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: year-er
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period of a certain number of years.

Example Sentences

""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."
"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."

Etymology

From year + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: year

Inflected Forms

yearers (plural)

Questions

What does yearer mean?: A period of a certain number of years.
Where does yearer come from?: From year + -er.

How to pronounce yearer

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