Er (Her), Eris, m.,
a Pamphylian , who , according to legend (cited in Plato Polit. 10, 12, p. 626), rose from the dead , Cic. Rep. 6, 3; 6 sq.
watchman ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
(watchful). • First-born of Judah. Er "was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him."...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
ēr, ēris, m. [χήρ], a hedgehog , Nemes. Cyneg. 57. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
·- -ere; akin to ·Lat. -arius. II. -er ·- A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjective...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a corrupt pronunciation of BROTHER. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·adj Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. ...