Deers vs Defers - What's the difference?
deers | defers |
(dated, or, nonstandard)
* 1984 , Justin Wilson, Howard Jacobs, More Cajun Humor ,
* 2001 , William Arnett, Emmer Sewell'', Paul Arnett, William Arnett (editors), ''Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South , Volume 2,
* 2006 , Phil Bowie, Guns ,
(defer)
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To delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.
* Shakespeare
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to delay, to wait
* Milton
(American football) to choose to kick off after winning the opening coin toss.
(legal) To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
* Francis Bacon
* 1899 ,
to render, to offer
* Brevint
As a noun deers
is plural of lang=en.As an acronym DEERS
is Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System.As a verb defers is
third-person singular of defer.deers
English
Noun
(head)page 79,
- “Not dem kinda deers , dese de kine wit? antling.”
- She say, “I?m goin? witcha.”
- He say, “I'll be damned, iss not?ing but a dirty ol? men's camp an? you can?t go.”
- Well, she bawled an? squalled and raise some sand, but he went to hont dem deers .
page 191,
- “They there to scare the deers' away from the garden. ' Deers , they slip in here at night and make a mess eating up things,” she says.
page 296,
- “I thought he used to be a hunter or something,” Hardin said.
- “If you call shooting deers in some kind of deer zoo great sport,” Sarah said.
Usage notes
Modern usage is likely to be regarded as an error or indicative of nonstandard speech. The standard (irregular) plural is deer. Occasionally used in the sense of more than one species, especially when appearing in combination (such as red deer / red deers).Anagrams
* * * *defers
English
Verb
(head)defer
English
Etymology 1
* From (etyl) differer, from (etyl) .Verb
(deferr)- Defer the spoil of the city until night.
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- God will not long defer / To vindicate the glory of his name.
Derived terms
* deferralEtymology 2
* From (etyl)Verb
(deferr)- Hereupon the commissioners deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.
- "Well, I must defer to your judgment. You are captain," he said with marked civility.
- worship deferred to the Virgin