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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Variant of are2.
  2. n. The letter r.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The name of the letter R. Also formerly spelled arre.
  2. n. See arr.
  3. n. Obsolete forms of are, ere, or, ore, etc.
  4. n. The assimilated form, in Latin, etc., of ad-before r; in older English words a restored form of Middle English and Old French a-, the regular reduced form of Latin ar-, as in array, arrange, etc.
  5. n. A suffix of nouns denoting an agent; a variant of -er, as in beggar, liar, formerly and properly begger, etc.
  6. n. A suffix of Latin origin, occurring in some nouns, as in bursar, medlar, mortar, vicar, etc.
  7. n. A suffix, of Latin origin, of adjectives (and of nouns thence derived), being equivalent to -al, for which it is used when l precedes, as in alar, polar, regular, singular, etc. (see -al, and compare -ar); of nouns, as in altar, collar, pillar, scholar, etc. In these nouns and other old words -ar is an alteration (to suit the Latin) of the Middle English -er, from Old French, or (as in scholar) from Anglo-Saxon.
  8. n. In heraldry, a common abbreviation of argent.
  9. A simplified spelling of are.
  10. etc. Points of flexure in the curves of cooling of iron and steel.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. conj. obsolete Ere; before.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
  2. n. a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
  3. n. a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Etymologies

  1. Middle English arre, from Late Latin er. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “All Spanish verbs end in - ar, - er, or - ir in the infinitive form.”

    Basic verb conjugation

  • “Verbs that end in - ar have their own set of rules, and verbs that end in - er and - ir have another set.”

    Basic verb conjugation

  • “However if one spends time among people for whom 'chi***ar' is a way of life, not to get 'caught' will take due diligence and constant net-working.”

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  • “I think it is PERFECTLY acceptible you calling her ar her grandparents, good luck with the last remaining tadpole-less days….”

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  • “ANsin ar an mbealach abhaile fuair mise ballra�ocht sa gym gar d�inn.”

    One of these days… » Out and about

  • “~Villcm;; lrlry wvs proua of her, and therefors angiaus to sct. tla lrur tn~sincss while he was in the humoar to lose her. lle lu, hcot to iinish it by shooting a word ar two at Vernon bol'ore ~linncr.”

    The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002

  • “Yes, he's my oldest, and a likely lad he ar tu -- He's twenty-one, and his name ar JOHN CALHOUN MILLS.”

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

  • “In­gr­ed­ien­ts h­igh­er­ on­ th­e label ar­e pr­esen­t in­ gr­eater­ qu­an­tities, so look for­ n­am­ed­ m­eats h­igh­ on­ th­e list - n­ot m­eals or­ br­oth­s, an­d­ n­ot gen­er­ic­ wor­d­s like "pou­ltr­y­" "m­eat" or­ "fish­", bu­t n­am­ed­ spec­ies an­d­ ty­pes.”

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  • “In Marocco Za’ar is applied to a man with fair skin, red hair and blue eyes (Gothic blood?) and the term is not complimentary as “Sultan Yazid Za’ar.””

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “This is the case with every verb that ends in - ar.”

    Basic verb conjugation

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