hearer

noun
/ˈhɪəɹə/UK/ˈhɪɹɚ/US/ˈhiəɹə/

Etymology

From Middle English heerar, herere, hyerere, equivalent to hear + -er.

  1. inherited from heerar

Definitions

  1. One who hears.

    • Defaultism The defaultist view is that some conversational implicatures are default inferences—presumptive meanings—that the hearer makes unless given reason not to by the speaker.
  2. A person who regularly attends sermons

    A person who regularly attends sermons; a devout listener.

    • Whilst Mr. Taale was priest in Osteröe, it happened that one of his hearers was carried away and returned again.

The neighborhood

Derived

hearership

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hearer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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