hearer
noun/ˈhɪəɹə/UK/ˈhɪɹɚ/US/ˈhiəɹə/
Etymology
From Middle English heerar, herere, hyerere, equivalent to hear + -er.
- inherited from heerar
Definitions
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.
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
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