er : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: er	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for er
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Er n a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium Synonym(s): erbium, Er, atomic number 68 a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment Synonym(s): emergency room, ER
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-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. 2. [AS. -ra; akin to G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza, -[?]za, L. -ior, Gr. [?], Skr. -[c6]yas.] A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ER {Entity-Relationship}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
er The {country code} for Eritrea. (1999-01-27)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Er, watchman