erbium
1
earned run
2
emergency room
-er
4 of 5adjective suffix or adverb suffix
hotter
drier
and of some adjectives and adverbs of two or more syllables
completer
beautifuller
variants or less commonly -ier or -yer
1
a
: person occupationally connected with
furrier
lawyer
b
: person or thing belonging to or associated with
header
old-timer
c
: native of : resident of
cottager
New Yorker
d
: one that has
three-decker
e
: one that produces or yields
porker
2
a
: one that does or performs (a specified action)
—sometimes added to both elements of a compound
batter
builder-upper
b
: one that is a suitable object of (a specified action)
broiler
3
: one that is
—in all senses -yer in a few words after w, -ier in a few other words, otherwise -er
foreigner
Examples of er in a Sentence
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026 And as of Wednesday, April 8, the guild has detailed its full MBA tentative deal with the studios that writers will work under for the next three… er, scratch that, four years! —Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026 Drinking a cold guy and takin’ ‘er easy. —Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2026 Where’s the pushback against sending troops to Iran in Operation Epic FUBAR — er, Fury? —Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for er
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Interjection
Get ‘er done, get ‘er done quick, and rest up for the bare knuckle brawl that’s looming in the next round. —Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026 And as of Wednesday, April 8, the guild has detailed its full MBA tentative deal with the studios that writers will work under for the next three… er, scratch that, four years! —Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026 Drinking a cold guy and takin’ ‘er easy. —Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2026 Where’s the pushback against sending troops to Iran in Operation Epic FUBAR — er, Fury? —Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for er
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“Er.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/er. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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