Dictionary

onlyer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈəʊnliə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From only + -er.

Meanings

1. (in-compounds, informal, usually) Someone who only adheres to the particular thing mentioned, excluding any alternatives.
   • A former Managing Director of ours made a statement when he said that there are no 'onlyers' in this business: 'only' a parts picker or 'only' a warehouseman. 2002, Colin Shaw, Building Great Customer Experiences:
   • The meaning that can be derived from the word itself is "without error." In other words, the Bible was given without error of any sort. Now, excepting KJV-onlyers, most inerrantists would limit inerrancy to the original writings, none of which currently exist. 1997 August 16, Trevor Peterson, “Re: Contradictions in the Bible”, in christnet.theology (Usenet):
   • A KJV-onlyer believes that the King James Version of the Bible is superior to all other versions.
   • If that is true, then all the rest of the candidates are Israel-Onlyers 2016 February 11, Bradford Richardson, “Sanders’s Secret Service code name revealed”, in The Hill:

Forms

Deriveds

KJV-onlyer