Schwer

//ʃwə(ɹ)// name, noun

name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of schwar. alt-of, alternative, rare
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Example

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"Bill Gette and Rebecca Schwer are staff members at the Massachusetts Audubon Society, which maintains an education center and bird banding station for the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge here on the Massachusetts coast. In addition to songbirds, the Refuge also shelters endangered shorebirds such as the Piping Plover, varied mammals and fish."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From schwa + -er.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Schwer.

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