"alarmer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alarmers [plural]
Etymology: alarm + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|alarm|er|id2=agent noun}} alarm + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} alarmer (plural alarmers)
  1. One who alarms; one who sounds the alarm.
    Sense id: en-alarmer-en-noun-A4QwbJlV
  2. (US, in combination) A multialarm fire of a specified number of alarms. Tags: US, in-compounds
    Sense id: en-alarmer-en-noun-7zA6Gflg Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 34 66

Inflected forms

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