-fer Definition

fər
suffix
One that bears.
Aquifer.
American Heritage
affix
Bearer, producer.
Conifer.
Webster's New World
preposition

(regional) Eye dialect spelling of for.

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Origin of -fer

  • Latin bearer, bearing from ferre to carry bher-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

-fer Sentence Examples

  • Under the Normans Matera was a countship for William Bras de Fer and his successors.

  • Jung (La Verite sur la masque de fer) had brought forward another candidate, with the attractive name of "Marechiel," a soldier of Lorraine who had taken part in a poisoning plot against Louis XIV., and was arrested at Peronne by Louvois in 1673, and said to be lodged in the Bastille and then sent to Pignerol.

  • Holland, Hungary and Switzerland were all early in the field; and Belgium has succeeded, through the instrumentality of the semi-official Societe Nationale de Chemins de Fer Vicinaux, started in 1885, in developing one of the most complete systems of rural railway transport in the world.

  • Banisters carved to imitate fer forge were as fine as the additional classical cornices were grand.

  • It wis a sair fecht fer me fer ma uncle wis the dominie an we bided wi him.

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