-ers

suffix

Used to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words.

“breakfast + -ers → brekkers”

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Meanings

suffix
  1. informalUsed to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words.

    breakfast + -ers → brekkers

    1 more example

    divinity + -ers → divvers (“the study of religion”)

  2. informalUsed to form mostly adjectives used informally.
suffix
  1. informalpluralplural of -er

Origin

From -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

-ers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ers

MLA

“-ers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ers. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ers,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ers.

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