doer

doer

See also: dóer and dör

English

Etymology

From Middle English doer, doar, doere, from Old English dōere (“a doer; worker”), equivalent to do +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
• Homophones: dewar, Dewar

Noun

doer (plural doers)

1. Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
   • 1972, Ian Anderson (lyrics), “Thick As A Brick”, performed by Jethro Tull:

     The doer and the thinker
     No allowance for the other.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 295:

     Though his name was closely linked to that of Physiocrats, he was less an armchair intellectual like Quesnay or the elder Mirabeau than a doer in the vein of Bertin and Trudaine [...].

   • 2008, Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The Guardian, 25 Mar 2008:

     In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:doer

   Coordinate term: be-er

Derived terms

• doer-upperer
• evil-doer
• ill-doer

 

Translations

someone who does

Aghwan: 𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (baal) Arabic: فَاعِل‎ m (fāʿil), فَاعِلَة‎ f (fāʿila) Azerbaijani: edən Belarusian: выкана́ўца m (vykanáŭca), выкана́вец m (vykanávjec), дзе́яч m (dzjéjač), дзе́ячка f (dzjéjačka) Bulgarian: извърши́тел (bg) m (izvǎršítel), извърши́телка f (izvǎršítelka), де́ятел (bg) m (déjatel), де́ятелка f (déjatelka) French: faiseur (fr) m, faiseuse (fr) f Galician: facedor (gl) m German: Macher (de) m, Macherin (de) f Middle English: doer Russian: исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica), де́ятель (ru) m (déjatelʹ), де́ятельница (ru) f (déjatelʹnica) Tocharian B: yāmätstse ? Turkish: eden (tr), fail (tr), yapan (tr) Udi: бал (bal) Ukrainian: викона́вець m (vykonávecʹ), викона́виця f (vykonávycja), дія́ч (uk) m (dijáč), дія́чка f (dijáčka)

Anagrams

• Dore, EDRO, Oder, dero, orde, redo, rode, roed

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Adverb

doer

1. way over there; far away

   Hulle gesels daar doer. ― They're talking way over there.

   Doer, anderkant die berge! ― Far away, on the other side of the mountains!

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese doer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dolēre, present active infinitive of doleō, from Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese doer and Spanish doler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈeɾ]

Verb

doer (first-person singular present doio, first-person singular preterite doín, past participle doído)

1. (intransitive) to ache, hurt; to cause pain
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to take pity

Conjugation

• Note: do- are changed to doi- before back vowels (a, o).

Conjugation of doer

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	doer
personal	doer	doeres	doer	doermos	doerdes	doeren
Gerund
	doendo
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	doído			doídos
feminine	doída			doídas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	doio	does	doe	doemos	doedes	doen
imperfect	doía	doías	doía	doïamos	doïades	doían
preterite	doín	doíches	doeu	doemos	doestes	doeron
pluperfect	doera	doeras	doera	doeramos	doerades	doeran
future	doerei	doerás	doerá	doeremos	doeredes	doerán
conditional	doería	doerías	doería	doeriamos	doeriades	doerían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	doia	doias	doia	doiamos	doiades	doian
preterite	doese	doeses	doese	doésemos	doésedes	doesen
future	doer	doeres	doer	doermos	doerdes	doeren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	doe	doia	doiamos	doede	doian
negative	–	doias	doia	doiamos	doiades	doian

References

• “doer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “doer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “doer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “doer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “doer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• doere, doar

Etymology

From don +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːər(ə)/

Noun

doer (plural doers)

1. doer, agent (someone who does, performs, or executes)
2. offender (criminal who commits a specified crime)
3. (rare) cause, reason

Derived terms

• yvel doer

Descendants

• English: doer

References

• “dọ̄er(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• do

Noun

doer m or n

1. indefinite plural of do

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese doer, from Latin doleō, from Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). Cognate with Galician doer and Spanish doler.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(h)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(h)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ɾ)/, /duˈe(ɾ)/ [dʊˈe(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(χ)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdweɾ/

• Hyphenation: do‧er

Verb

doer (third-person only, third-person singular present dói, third-person singular preterite doeu, past participle doído)

1. (intransitive) to hurt (be painful)

   Minha perna doía tanto que eu não conseguia andar. ― My leg was hurting so much that I couldn’t walk.

   Injeções doem. ― Injections hurt.

2. (transitive, figurative) to hurt; to pain (cause emotional pain)

   Dói-me ver o sofrimento dessas pessoas. ― It pains me to see these people’s suffering.

3. inflection of doer:
   1. third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of doer (irregular; third-person only) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	doer
Personal	—	—	doer	—	—	doerem
Gerund
	doendo
Past participle
Masculine	doído			doídos
Feminine	doída			doídas
Indicative
Present	—	—	dói	—	—	doem
Imperfect	—	—	doía	—	—	doíam
Preterite	—	—	doeu	—	—	doeram
Pluperfect	—	—	doera	—	—	doeram
Future	—	—	doerá	—	—	doerão
Conditional
	—	—	doeria	—	—	doeriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	doa	—	—	doam
Imperfect	—	—	doesse	—	—	doessem
Future	—	—	doer	—	—	doerem
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• de doer

Related terms

• adoecer
• doente
• dolorido
• doloroso
• dor
• dorido
• indolor

 

Further reading

• “doer” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “doer” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “doer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “doer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “doer” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “doer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• deler, deuer (imperative)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdoːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔi̯r/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯r
• Homophone: doir (South Wales)

Verb

doer

1. (literary) present subjunctive/imperative impersonal literary of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
doer	ddoer	noer	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.