"plainer" meaning in English

See plainer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} plainer
  1. comparative form of plain: more plain Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: plain (extra: more plain)
    Sense id: en-plainer-en-adj-c6Vix~4D

Noun

Forms: plainers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} plainer (plural plainers)
  1. A policeman who wears plainclothes.
    Sense id: en-plainer-en-noun-CwS7wcT9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96

Inflected forms

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    {
      "homophone": "planer"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪnə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "2018, Alan Parks, Bloody January:",
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          "ref": "2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 18:",
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        {
          "ref": "2022, Niall Illingworth, Hard Rain, Cold Hearts:",
          "text": "A guy and a girl make ideal plainers; nobody gives them a second thought; people just assume they're a couple.",
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        {
          "ref": "2022, Niall Illingworth, Hard Rain, Cold Hearts:",
          "text": "A guy and a girl make ideal plainers; nobody gives them a second thought; people just assume they're a couple.",
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    {
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪnə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
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