swerer
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sweriare, swerar, sweryar, sueryar, swerier, suerer, suerere, swearer, swerere
Etymology
From sweren + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɛːrər(ə)/
Noun
swerer (plural swerers)
- One who uses or employs profanity or swearwords.
- One who makes an oral binding statement; an oath-taker.
- (rare) One who makes people swear oaths.
- (rare) One who sits on a jury.
Descendants
- English: swearer
- Scots: swerar, sweirar, swearar
References
- “swērer(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-04.