The meaning of Er

exclamation

Expressing hesitation.

Usage examples:

‘would you like some tea?’ ‘er … yes … thank you.’

suffix

Denoting a person or thing that performs a specified action or activity.

Usage examples:

Farmer

suffix

Denoting a person or thing that has a specified attribute or form.

Usage examples:

Foreigner

suffix

Denoting a person concerned with a specified thing or subject.

Usage examples:

Milliner

suffix

Denoting a person belonging to a specified place or group.

Usage examples:

City-dweller

suffix

Forming the comparative of adjectives (as in bigger ) and adverbs (as in faster ).

suffix

Forming frequentative verbs such as glimmer, patter.

suffix

Forming nouns used informally, usually by distortion of the root word.

Usage examples:

Footer

suffix

Forming nouns such as sampler.

suffix

Forming nouns equivalent to -or.

suffix

(forming nouns) denoting verbal action or a document effecting such action.

Usage examples:

Disclaimer

abbreviation

Emergency room.

abbreviation

King edward.

abbreviation

Queen elizabeth.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 68, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series.

The chemical element erbium.