"earner" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-earner.wav [Southern-England] Forms: earners [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ) Etymology: earn + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|earn|er|id2=agent noun}} earn + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} earner (plural earners)
  1. One who earns money. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-earner-en-noun-l0eBg2rY Disambiguation of People: 83 17
  2. (British, Australia) A profitable product or scheme; something that brings in good money. Tags: Australia, British
    Sense id: en-earner-en-noun-7yQXn6MF Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: big earner, dual earner, middle earner, wage earner

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for earner meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)

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