from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Er
n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;
occurs with yttrium [syn: {erbium}, {Er}, {atomic number
68}]
2: a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to
provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical
treatment [syn: {emergency room}, {ER}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
-er \-er\
.
1. [AS. -ere; akin to L. -arius.] The termination of many
English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to
men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the
end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place;
as, Londoner, i. e., London man.
[1913 Webster]
2. [AS. -ra; akin to G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza,
-?za, L. -ior, Gr. ?, Skr. -[imac]yas.] A suffix used to
form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as,
warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
[1913 Webster]