sewer

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͞o′ə, IPA(key): /ˈs(j)uːə/ (General American) enPR: so͞o′ər, IPA(key): /ˈsuɚ/ Homophone: suer Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ) Hyphenation: sew‧er ==== Noun ==== sewer (plural sewers) A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== sewer (third-person singular simple present sewers, present participle sewering, simple past and past participle sewered) (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English seware, seuere, from Anglo-Norman asseour, from Old French asseoir (“find a seat for”), from Latin assidēre, present active infinitive of assideō (“attend to”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͞o'ə, IPA(key): /ˈs(j)uːə/ (General American) enPR: so͞oər, IPA(key): /ˈsuɚ/ Hyphenation: sew‧er ==== Noun ==== sewer (plural sewers) (historical) An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes. 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 287: His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter. === Etymology 3 === sew +‎ -er ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sō'ə, IPA(key): /ˈsəʊə/ (US) enPR: sō'ər, IPA(key): /ˈsoʊɚ/ Homophone: sower Rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ) Hyphenation: sew‧er ==== Noun ==== sewer (plural sewers) One who sews. A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk. ===== Synonyms ===== (one who sews): sempster/sempstress (man/woman), seamster/seamstress (man/woman), tailor, sewist ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === resew, re-sew, ewers, weres, Weser, weers, sweer, ewres, Weers, Ewers == Javanese == === Romanization === sewer alternative spelling of sèwèr, romanization of ꦱꦺꦮꦺꦂ == Middle English == === Verb === sewer alternative form of suren