dier

D2I1E1R1
/daɪə/

noun

One who dies.

UncommonScrabble 5

Meanings

dier1

noundier (plural diers)

plural diers

  1. 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 Noise

    Since 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

proper noun

Origin

Dier · proper noun

* As an English surname, variant of Dyer. * As a German surname, from Tier (“wild animal”).

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APA

dier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dier

MLA

“dier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dier. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dier.

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