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richer meaning

EN[-ɪtʃə(ɹ)]
WRicher
  • Richer, or Richers is a surname, and may refer to:
  • Bob Richer
  • Claude Lavoie Richer
  • Edmond Richer, French theologian
  • Herbert Richers
  • Robert Richers
  • Julian Richer
  • Robert Richer
  • Stéphane Richer (ice hockey defenceman)
  • Stéphane Richer (ice hockey forward)
  • Jean Richer
  • It may also refer to:
  • Richerus, monk of St. Remi at Reims
  • "Richers", a pejorative for rich people (who all happen to be black) in the South Park episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood"

    Definition of richer in English Dictionary

  • AdjectiveBFrichSUPrichestSUF-er
    1. comparative form of rich: more rich.
      1. America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
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    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • ... he had sat opposite to him at the club, the red candleshades staining to a richer rose the wakening wonder of his face.
      • His big plans to get rich never quite seemed to get off the ground.
      • The sword, whereof the web was steel, / Pommel rich stone, hilt gold.
    2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
      • Rich knew how to warm up the audience of The Price is Right. His good looks and charming personality made even that special.
      • Rich countries are backsliding on their commitment to agree to new WTO measures to help people in poor countries gain access to affordable medicines. — Oxfam press release, 24 June 2002
    3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • A good lunar lander or Pong-type game was all you needed to strike it rich!
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Adjectives
      • Adjective forms
        • Adjective comparative forms
      • Morphemes
        • Suffixes
          • Words by suffix
            • Words suffixed with -er
        • Nouns
          • Agent nouns

        Other Vocabulary

        Look-Alike Words
        1. en riches
        2. fr riches
        3. en ricer
        4. fr riche
        5. en riche
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of richer for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "richer" is an adjective, more specifically, an adjective form. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, an agent noun.
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