wearer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈweɹɚ/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈwiəɹə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
- /ˈwɜːɹə(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- /ˈweːɹə/ (Australia)
- /ˈwɛəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈweəɹə/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
- /ˈweɹəɹ/ (Scotland)
- /wɛəɹɚ/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- (US) audio
- /ˈwɛɹɚ/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
Etymology
From Middle English werer, werere, equivalent to wear + -er.
Meanings
-
One who wears.
On Saint Patrick's day I put on my green shirt and join the wearers of the green.
Never ask a man his opinion of a woman's dress when he is desperately and abjectly in love with the wearer.
1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 85:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wearers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
nl draagster (one who wears) · nl drager (one who wears) · tr ... giyen (one who wears) · de Träger (one who wears) · de Trägerin (one who wears) · ms pemakai (one who wears) · it indossatore (one who wears) · gd fear-caitheamh (one who wears) · te ధారి (one who wears)