Said when hesitating in speech.

(informal) To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found in the phrase um and er.

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

(added to a proper noun) Suffix denoting a resident or inhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form a demonym.

(obsolete, no longer productive) Suffix used to form the plural of a small number of English nouns.

Person or thing connected with.

(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.

(added to certain adverbs) More; used to form the comparative.

(added to a verb or imitative sound) Frequently; used to form frequentative verbs.

(added to a verb) Instance of (the verbal action); used to form nouns from verbs, especially in legal terms.