sayer

See also: Sayer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English say

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English sayer

From say + -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sayer (plural sayers)

1. One who says; one who makes announcements; a crier.

Derived terms

• boomsayer
• doomsayer
• gainsayer
• meh-sayer
• naysayer
• smooth-sayer
• soothsayer
• southsayer
• withsayer
• yeasayer

Anagrams

• Areys, Ayers, Ayres, Rayes, Reays, Sayre, arsey, ayres, eyras, resay, years