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BRAYER

Definition: BRAYER

BRAYER

Noun

1. One that brays like an ass.

2. An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "BRAYER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)


Commercial Usage: BRAYER

DomainTitle

Books

  • Brayer, graveur : eaux-fortes, lithographies, livres illustrâes : [chronologie et catalogue (reference)

  • Yves Brayer (reference)

  • Yves Brayer en Corse (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: BRAYER

The following table summarizes the usage of "BRAYER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BrayerLast name13058,294
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BRAYER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

brayer

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BRAYER

Language Translations for "BRAYER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

brayon, rouleau main. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kézi festékező henger. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ayerbray.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

rodillo (paint roller, pin, platen, platten, roller, rolling pin). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

крикун (bawler, crier, loudmouth, roarer, screamer, shouter), горлань, осел (ass, donkey, jackass, moke). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: BRAYER

Derivations

Words beginning with "BRAYER": brayers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"BRAYER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bayor, Berjaya, bramer, brarer, braya, Braye, breyer, Bruyere, Bryher. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BRAYER"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "BRAYER" (pronounced brā"er)
3-r ā" ergrayer, prayer, preyer, sprayer, strayer.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: BRAYER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-r-r-y"

-1 letter: barer, barre, barye, berry, rebar, yarer, yerba.

-2 letters: abye, aery, bare, bear, brae, bray, byre, eyra, rare, rear, yare, year.

-3 letters: aby, arb, are, aye, bar, bay, bey, bra, brr, bye, ear, era, err, ray, reb, rya, rye, yar, yea.

-4 letters: ab, ae, ar, ay, ba, be, by, er, re, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-r-r-y"
 

+1 letter: bravery, brayers.

 

+2 letters: barberry, barrenly, barretry, bayberry, betrayer, bewrayer, breviary, hagberry, teaberry, waxberry.

 

+3 letters: aberrancy, baneberry, barometry, bearberry, betrayers, bewrayers, bizarrely, blaeberry, cranberry, embracery, ferryboat, graybeard, hackberry, raspberry, shadberry, soapberry.

 

+4 letters: aberrantly, arboreally, barleycorn, bayberries, blackberry, bricklayer, cerebrally, chinaberry, coralberry, ferryboats, graybeards, hyperbaric, keyboarder, loganberry, lumberyard, perdurably, prebendary, preferably, rekeyboard, remarkably, rowanberry, strawberry, sugarberry.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Names: Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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