lifer
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɪfə(r)
Noun[edit]
lifer (plural lifers)
- A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.
- A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dickens, Oliver Twist to this entry?)
- A person who makes a career in the military.
- A bird species seen for the first time by a birder who is keeping a list of all the birds he or she has ever seen.
Translations[edit]
prisoner sentenced to life in prison
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person who makes a career in the military
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Anagrams[edit]
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *librō, Cognate with Old Saxon levara (Dutch lever), Old High German lebara (German Leber), Old Norse lifr (Swedish lever).
Noun[edit]
lifer f
- liver (interior organ)
Descendants[edit]
- English: liver
