SPEER

Speer, Albert Speer

(noun) German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

speer (plural speers)

(obsolete) sphere

Etymology 2

Verb

speer (third-person singular simple present speers, present participle speering, simple past and past participle speered)

(Scotland) to ask, to inquire

Anagrams

• Esper, Peers, Perse, Spree, esper, peers, per se, perse, pères, spere, spree

Source: Wiktionary


Speer, n.

Definition: A sphere. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Speer, v. t.

Definition: To ask. [Scot.] See Spere.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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