severer
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
severer
- comparative form of severe: more severe
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
severer (plural severers)
- One who severs.
- 1862, Sir Daniel Wilson, Prehistoric man, researches into the origin of civilisation, page 133:
- They received this name from the jealousy of their rivals, who thereby intimated that they were severers of the unity of the Algonquin nation, as a people who were setting up an independent government […]