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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
longer
adv
  1. for more time; "can I stay bit longer?"
n
  1. a person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge"
    Synonym(s): longer, thirster, yearner
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Long \Long\, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS.
      long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr,
      Sw. l[86]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125.
      Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.]
      1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length;
            protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to
            short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Longer \Long"er\, n.
      One who longs for anything.
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