hayer

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noun

One who cuts hay for animal fodder.

OriginMiddle English hay ← French Hayer ← Old French haye →
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Meanings

hayer1

nounhayer (plural hayers)

plural hayers

  1. One who cuts hay for animal fodder.

    […] the men do the mowing, the women the raking, and with the exception of two villages, the men carry the hay on their backs and load the hay sleds and wagons. Children help with the raking, and carry hot meals from home to the hayers.

    1989, William A. Christian, Person and God in a Spanish Valley, page 31

hayer2

adverbhayer (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of here.
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    1896, Author not recorded, I Will Not Leave You Comfortless, Edna Chaffee Noble (compiler), Jacob W. Shoemaker (series editor), Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations, Number 20, The Penn Publishing Company, page 176, "Please, God A'mighty—ef ye kin hear me 'way out hayer in the rocks en' lonesomeness—don't take away my pore boy. […] I bin a-workin' hard to feed en' keep 'im; en' please, God A'mighty, don't leave me hayer all alone."

Hayer3

proper nounHayer (plural Hayers)

plural Hayers

  1. A surname.

Origin

hayer · noun

From hay + -er.

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Hayer · proper noun

  1. Punjabiਹਾਈਯਰ
  2. Middle High Germanheien“to guard, protect”
  3. GermanHayer
  4. Old Frenchhaye“hedge”
  5. FrenchHayer
  6. Middle Englishhay“enclosure, hedge”
  7. EnglishHayer

Various etymologies: * A variant of the English surname Ayer. * A topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle English hay (“enclosure, hedge”) + -er. * Borrowed from French Hayer, an occupational surname for a warder of a woodland, from Old French haye (“hedge”). * Borrowed from South German Hayer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German heien (“to guard, protect”). * Borrowed from Punjabi ਹਾਈਯਰ (hāīyar), surname based on the name of a Jat clan.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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