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fer

[ fur; unstressed fer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

preposition

Informal.

for.

-fer

a combining form meaning “that which carries” the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words:
aquifer; conifer; foraminifer.

-fer

combining form

indicating a person or thing that bears something specified
conifer
crucifer

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Origin of fer¹

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of this word in dialectal speech

Origin of fer²

From Latin, derivative of ferre “to carry, support, bear,” in Latin generally forming adjectives; the corresponding English adjectives add -ous; bear ¹, -ferous

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Origin of fer¹

from Latin, from ferre to bear

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Example Sentences

“Fer and I always say that if the circumstances of the kids from these communities were different, we would definitely have found Juan Jesús in an acting school or training in some other career related to the arts. But that’s the reality of our country,” adds Rondero.

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Like Torres, Hutchinson was a longtime member of the San Fer gang.

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In 2011, he went to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, where he ran into a member of the San Fer gang, Humberto Gastelum.

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Originally from the San Fer gang, Torres was sponsored for membership in the Mexican Mafia by one of its founders, Luis “Huero Buff” Flores, in 1994 at Pelican Bay State Prison, a law enforcement official testified in 2004.

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The Paris subway company announced yesterday that in accordance with a vote taken at a shareholders’ meeting Friday it has changed its name from “Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Métropolitain de Paris” to “Société Générale de Traction et d’Exploitations.”

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