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lier

[ lahy-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that lies, lie, as in wait or in ambush.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lier1

First recorded in 1575–85; lie 2 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Last night Aunt Mary awoke and found herself alone; she gave the alarm, and people have hunted for lier ever since.

Why should not Mrs. Smith, who was out over night in the blizzard of 1888, recount lier experiences, mental as well as physical?

Item, pour cordes la lier et hler, deux sols huit deniers parisis.

True, for one Sinner destroyeth much good, and a poor man is better than a Lier.

She tore one of the coverings from her bosom, with which she made a first bandage that she fastened with a tress of lier hair.

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