needer

English

Etymology 1

From the verb need + -er.

Noun

needer (plural needers)

  1. 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

Corruption of neither.

Adverb

needer (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of neither.
    • 1856, John Turvill Adams, The Lost Hunter:
      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:
      Didn't put them in two boxes lak dey does now, and dey warn't painted needer.

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