Meanings
plural termers · alternative termor
- Someone who is in a certain term
first-termer
- lawOne who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- obsoleteOne who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practise tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
For termers, or some clerklike serving-man, Who scarce can spell th' hard names
1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ter-?
- Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥
- Proto-Italic*termn̥
- Proto-Italic*term(e)nos
- Latinterminus
- Old Frenchterme
- Middle Englishterme
- Englishterm
- Englishtermer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with termer
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termer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/termer
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