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Definitions for Eer

[1] energy efficiency ratio.
[2] ever.
[3] a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French (buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer ) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle, or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word (auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer ); now frequently pejorative (profiteer; racketeer ). Compare -ary, -er2, -ier2.
[4] poetic , or archaic a contraction of ever
[5] (forming nouns) indicating a person who is concerned with or who does something specified auctioneer ; engineer ; profiteer ; mutineer
[6] (forming verbs) to be concerned with something specified electioneer

Origin of Eer

-eer< French, Middle French -ier (Old French < Latin -ārius -ary as suffix of personal nouns); in some nouns replacing earlier suffixes (see engineer, charioteer) or the French suffix -aire -aire (see musketeer, volunteer)

Words that may be confused with Eer

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, e'erair, e'er, ere, err, heir

Word origin for Eer

-eerfrom Old French -ier, from Latin -arius -ary