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fearer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪəɹə/
  • General-American: /ˈfɪɹɚ/
  • US: /ˈfɪəɹə(ɹ)/ without the mirror–nearer merger
  • US: /ˈfiɹə(ɹ)/ without the mirror–nearer merger
  • New-Zealand: /ˈfiəɹə/
  • Scotland: /ˈfiɹəɹ/
  • /ˈfɛːɹə/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
  • rhymes with -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
  • homophone: fairer (cheer–chair merger)

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noun

Meaning 1

One who fears, especially one who fears God; a worshipper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1870, Richard Brock (author and publisher), A New Family Herbal; Or, A History and Description of All the British and Foreign Plants, 2nd Edition, page 396, Good advice, certainly, but the difficulty is, to be able to distinguish the real fearers of God, from those who only make a pretence to such fear.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fear + -er.