halfer

English

Etymology

half +‎ -er

Noun

halfer (plural halfers)

  1. (obsolete) One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Montagu to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) A gelded male fallow deer.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pegge (1814) to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for halfer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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