Meanings
dier1
plural diers
- One who dies.
1996, Turbonegro (band), I Got Erection Once a liver, now she's a dier
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It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be the dier.
1985, Don DeLillo, White NoiseSince other languages are structurally constrained to say who it was who died and since the original leaves the identity of the dier unexpressed, any translation in the target language is going to be incorrect.
2006, Shankar Mokashi Punekar, Awadheswari
Dier2
- A surname.
Origin
Dier · proper noun
* As an English surname, variant of Dyer. * As a German surname, from Tier (“wild animal”).
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dier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dier
“dier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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