"ASHer" meaning in English

See ASHer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ASHers [plural]
Etymology: From ASH (“alt.suicide.holiday”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ASH<t:alt.suicide.holiday>|er|id2=occupation}} ASH (“alt.suicide.holiday”) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} ASHer (plural ASHers)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of asher. Wikipedia link: alt.suicide.holiday Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: asher

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I can't remember how this thread started to be honest, but if someone said that suicide won't affect others, I agree with you about that. In fact I think all ASHers would agree that a suicide is not an isolated event that won't make ripples in the life of others.",
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          "ref": "2000 May 8, Gail Futoran, “what is the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup ?”, in rec.gardens.roses (Usenet):",
          "text": "When Robert Cohn posted his request, he was careful to strip out alt.suicide.holiday [ASH], because he was trying to delete the cross-posting. [Other ASHers did the same thing but some weren't nice about it, so perhaps they were ignored.]",
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          "ref": "2005 September 10, Jani, “Re: Suicide websites”, in alt.bible (Usenet):",
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          "text": "When Robert Cohn posted his request, he was careful to strip out alt.suicide.holiday [ASH], because he was trying to delete the cross-posting. [Other ASHers did the same thing but some weren't nice about it, so perhaps they were ignored.]",
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