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buyer

/ˈbaɪə/BIGH-ur
/ˈbaɪɚ/BIGH-ur

Meaningone who buys

Common meaning: a purchaser

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishbycgan‘te buy, procure’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishbuggensource
  3. Englishbuy‘to get by paying’
  4. Englishformed in English from buybuyer‘a purchaser’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from buy + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BUY, p.86 · scan

Source words

  • bycgan Old English · source word “buying”

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