fearer

== English == === Etymology === From fear +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɪəɹə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪɹɚ/ (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɪəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈfiɹə(ɹ)/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfiəɹə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈfiɹəɹ/ (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɛːɹə/ Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ) Homophone: fairer (cheer–chair merger) === Noun === fearer (plural fearers) One who fears, especially one who fears God; a worshipper. 1870, Richard Brock (author and publisher), A New Family Herbal; Or, A History and Description of All the British and Foreign Plants, 2nd Edition, page 396, Good advice, certainly, but the difficulty is, to be able to distinguish the real fearers of God, from those who only make a pretence to such fear. ==== Derived terms ==== God-fearer