yeller

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From yell +‎ -er.

Noun

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yeller (plural yellers)

  1. Someone who yells.

Etymology 2

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Eye dialect.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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yeller (comparative more yeller, superlative most yeller)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of yellow.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Noun

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yeller

  1. nominative plural of yel