needer
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]needer (plural needers)
- A person who requires or needs something.
- 1975, Jeppesen Sanderson, “Sport diver manual”, in Inc.:
- The needer is physically and mentally handicapped because of his immediate need for air... The donor takes a big breath and gives his mouthpiece to the needer.
- 2006, Robert L. Popp, John Yen, Emergent information technologies and enabling policies for counter terrorism, P.241:
- The difference between requestor and needer has been incorporated in current business practices.
Etymology 2
[edit]Corruption of neither.
Adverb
[edit]needer (not comparable)
- Pronunciation spelling of neither.
- 1856, John Turvill Adams, The Lost Hunter[1]:
- But," added he, observing the other's embarrassment, "dat is needer here nor dere.
- 1936-1938, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives= A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves[2]:
- Didn't put them in two boxes lak dey does now, and dey warn't painted needer.