-yer Definition

yər
affix
Lawyer.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(UK, slang) Your.

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(slang, rare) You.

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adverb

(UK, slang) Yeah; yes.

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contraction
(UK, slang) You're.
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suffix
(rare, usually no longer productive) Agent suffix, equivalent to -er, appended to some nouns (especially those ending in the letter "w").
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Origin of -yer

  • From Middle English, partly an alteration of -ier; and partly from Middle English -yere, -iere, -ȝere, the suffix -er appended to words ending in ȝ or g. More at -ier, -er.

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  • Representing an imprecise, unstressed pronunciation of you, your and you're.

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