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needer en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From the verb need + -er.

Meanings

  1. A person who requires or needs something.
    • The difference between requestor and needer has been incorporated in current business practices. 2006, Robert L. Popp, John Yen, Emergent information technologies and enabling policies for counter terrorism, P.241:
    • The needer is physically and mentally handicapped because of his immediate need for air... The donor takes a big breath and gives his mouthpiece to the needer. 1975, Jeppesen Sanderson, “Sport diver manual”, in Inc.:

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needer en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

Corruption of neither.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of neither.
    alt of neither
    • But," added he, observing the other's embarrassment, "dat is needer here nor dere. 1856, John Turvill Adams, The Lost Hunter:
    • Didn't put them in two boxes lak dey does now, and dey warn't painted needer. 1936-1938, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives= A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: