aider
/ˈeɪdɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.94 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The capitaines of the toune seyng theire pillers borken, and their chief ayders discomfited, rendered the toune to the duke of Somerset,"
- "[…] arte is neither an aider nor a surmounter, but onely a bare immitatour of natures works, following and counterfeyting her actions and effects […]"
- "[…] being there as an assistant, he actually seemed—[…]—to be the aider and abettor of a system which filled him with honest disgust and indignation, […]"
- "The woman in question had, as she said, been a close friend of Margaret’s, and, as such, an aider in her habits of intemperance."
- "As I was switching my feet in my aiders, the hook popped."
Etymology
Etymology tree English aid Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English aider From aid + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈeɪdɚ/
- British English: /ˈeɪdə/