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hayer

noun

Etymology

Various etymologies: * A variant of the English surname Ayer. * A topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure, from Middle English hay (“enclosure, hedge”) + -er. * Borrowed from French Hayer, an occupational surname for a warder of a woodland, from Old French haye (“hedge”). * Borrowed from South German Hayer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German heien (“to guard, protect”). * Borrowed from Punjabi ਹਾਈਯਰ (hāīyar), surname based on the name of a Jat clan.

  1. borrowed from ਹਾਈਯਰ
  2. derived from heien
  3. borrowed from Hayer
  4. derived from haye
  5. borrowed from Hayer
  6. derived from hay

Definitions

  1. One who cuts hay for animal fodder.

    • […] the men do the mowing, the women the raking, and with the exception of two villages, the men carry the hay on their backs and load the hay sleds and wagons. Children help with the raking, and carry hot meals from home to the hayers.

  2. Pronunciation spelling of here.

  3. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA