needer

needer

English

Etymology 1

From the verb need +‎ -er.

Noun

needer (plural needers)

1. A person who requires or needs something.
   • 1975. Sport diver manual, by Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.

     The needer is physically and mentally handicapped because of his immediate need for air... The donor takes a big breath and gives his mouthpiece to the needer.

   • 2006. Emergent information technologies and enabling policies for counter terrorism, by Robert L. Popp, John Yen. P.241

     The difference between requestor and needer has been incorporated in current business practices.

Etymology 2

Corruption of neither.

Adverb

needer (not comparable)

1. Eye dialect spelling of neither.
   • 1856, John Turvill Adams, The Lost Hunter‎:

     But," added he, observing the other's embarrassment, "dat is needer here nor dere.

   • 1936-1938, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives= A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves‎:

     Didn't put them in two boxes lak dey does now, and dey warn't painted needer.

Anagrams

• deener, eender, endree, reeden