holer

== English == === Etymology === From hole +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === === Noun === holer (plural holers) That which holes, perforates etc. (US, slang, in combination) An outhouse with the specified number of holes for use as toilets. ==== Synonyms ==== perforator ==== Related terms ==== one-holer === Anagrams === Loehr, Roehl == Middle English == === Alternative forms === holour holur (Late Middle English); hollowr, hullowre (Promptorium Parvulorum) huler (AB language); holyer (Kent) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French holier, dissimilatory variant of horier, from Old High German huorāri (modern Hurer), from Proto-West Germanic *hōrārī; in later Middle English remodelled on the suffix -our. First attested in c. 1235. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /(h)uˈleːr/, /ˈ(h)ulər/ IPA(key): /(h)uˈluːr/, /ˈ(h)ulur/ (influenced by -our) === Noun === holer (plural holers) A whoremonger or lecher; an adulterous or sexually unrestrained man. (rare, figurative) An adulterator (of God's word) === References === “hō̆lǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “holour, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === holer m or f indefinite plural of hole == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === holer f indefinite plural of hole