Filer

Definitions: Filer

Filer

Noun

1. A party who files a notice with a law court.

2. A clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization.

Date "filer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Mechanical Engineering	A highly-skilled craftsman who maintains saws at working efficiency. Source: European Union. (references)
Occupations	Repairs bandsaw, handsaw, and circular saw blades according to customer's or manufacturer's specifications, using handtools, machine tools, and welding equipment: Examines saw for defects. Cuts broken teeth from saw, using power shear [SHEAR OPERATOR (any industry) I]. Forms teeth on saw blade by beveling joints on grinder and welding or brazing them together. Brazes or welds cracks in saw blades. Straightens twists and kinks in blades, using straightening press, and hammers out dents in blade on metal table. Adjusts cutting width of teeth, using swage or special pliers. Computes number and angle of teeth to produce specified cut. Clamps blade in saw-filing machine and turns handwheel to adjust distance between teeth, angle of bevel, and depth of cut of file or abrasive wheel. Starts machine that automatically grinds and files saw teeth. May be designated according to type of saw sharpened as Band-Saw Filer (any industry); Circular-Saw Filer (any industry). (references)
	Trims and smooths edges, surfaces, and impressed or raised designs of jewelry articles and jewelry findings, using files, chisels, and saws: Places article in holding device or against bench pin. Files or cuts excess metal from surfaces and ornamentations, such as filigree or relief designs. Miters joints and ends of formed ring blanks, using file. May smooth and polish edges and soldered areas of jewelry, using abrasive wheel. May operate motor-driven filing machine. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Filer

Synonyms: file clerk (n), filing clerk (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Filer

English words defined with "filer": caveat. (references)

Specialty definitions using "filer": FILER AND SANDER, FILER, FINISH, FILER, HAND, TOOL, filer, metal patterns ♦ HAND FILER, BALANCE WHEEL ♦ precision filer, hand ♦ sander and filer, saw filer ♦ TOOL FILER, tool filer, hand. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Filer" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (dash by, disappear, draw out, fly by, gander, get away, nip off, past, push along, push off, run, scat, scoot, scram, spin, split, squib, string, tail, throw, whiz, whizz, zip), Swedish (files).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Filer (1987)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	EDGAR Filer Handbook (2002) (reference) Labor Law for the Rank and Filer (reference) Le Club de la rue Morgue : l'art de filer les livres à l'anglaise (reference) Private Charity and Public Inquiry: A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions (Philanthropic Studies) (reference) Wordvision Filer and Mailer Powerpack: IBM PC (128K) (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	Promise Technology Nf1500 Nas Filer Raid with 10 73GB Drives - 511GB Usable (reference) W-2 & 1099 Tax Filer (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Le pierrot je ne sais pas ... Mais la pierrette, pour etre la femme c'est la femme et c'est une canaille. C'est a toi a voir si la vieux cogner ou filer. Moi je cognesais ...Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Germany	The term sect filter is misleading because the declarations are Scientology specific and in practice do not refer to any other group; they could more accurately be described as "Scientology filters." Firms that failed to submit a sect filer declaration were presumed "unreliable" and excluded from consideration. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Filer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Filer" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	11	106,044

The following table summarizes the usage of "filer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Filer	Last name	1,000	12,638
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Filer, ID (city, FIPS 27730)
Location: 42.56890 N, 114.60890 W
Population (1990): 1511 (646 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 83328
Country: USA

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Expression: Filer

Expression using "filer": saw filer. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Filer

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
filer hex	60	conax filer hex	3
filer midi	42	filer high school	3
filer	23	anglaise filer l	3
unique filer	16	code filer	3
filer george	12	filer flash hex	2
filer idaho	12	netapp filer	2
credit filer union	11	filer hex viasat	2
conax filer	6	piston ring filer	2
filer mp3	6	filer wave	2
dll filer	5	filer city mi	2
bat filer	4	die filer	2
filer mid	4	danske filer midi	2
bruce filer	4	filer flash	2
non filer	3	filer pro	2
bin filer	3	filer porr svenska	2
filer h henry middle school	3
		filer porr svenska	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Filer

Language		Translations for "filer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�"�刀. (various references)

Danish		fileekspert (saw doctor, saw filer). (various references)

Dutch		slijper van zaagtanden (saw doctor, saw filer). (various references)

Finnish		sahanasettaja (saw doctor, saw filer). (various references)

French		maître affûteur (saw filer), affûteur (saw filer). (various references)

German		Sägenschärfer (saw doctor, saw filer). (various references)

Greek		ακονιστής(τεχνίτης που ακονίζει) (saw doctor, saw filer). (various references)

Italian		riparatore di lame di sega (saw doctor, saw filer). (various references)

Pig Latin		ilerfay

Portuguese		limador (horizontal shaper, saw doctor, saw filer, shaper, shaping machine). (various references)

Russian		файловая система. (various references)

Spanish		experto en sierras (saw doctor, saw filer). (various references)

Swedish		sågställare (saw doctor, saw filer). (various references)

Vietnamese		người thổi tiêu (piper), người thổi sáo (flautist, flutist, piper), người thổi địch. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Filer

Derivations
	Words beginning with "filer": filers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "filer": defiler, profiler. (additional references)
	Words containing "filer": defilers, profilers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Filer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: falar, Faleiro, Fazlur, felce, ficer, fiel, fielg, fier, figer, fiker, fila, filegry, filepro, fileu, filex, filey, filii, fillar, filor, filr, filreg, Finler, firel, Fisler, fizer, fliker, flior, flire, fliver, fliwer, foler, fugler, Fuiloro, Fulber, fuler, fulfer, fulger, fulper, Fyler, niler. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Filer"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "filer" (pronounced fī"ler)
3	-ī" l er	compiler, miler, Pilar.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Filer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: flier, lifer, rifle.
	Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-r"
	-1 letter: file, fire, lief, lier, life, lire, reif, riel, rife, rile.
	-2 letters: elf, fer, fie, fil, fir, ire, lei, lie, ref, rei, rif.
	-3 letters: ef, el, er, if, li, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-r"
	+1 letter: ferial, ferlie, filers, filler, filmer, filter, fliers, ireful, liefer, lifers, lifter, pilfer, refile, refill, refilm, relief, rifely, riffle, rifled, rifler, rifles, trifle.
	+2 letters: briefly, defiler, direful, failure, febrile, ferlies, fertile, fickler, fiddler, fielder, fierily, filaree, filbert, filcher, fillers, filmers, filmier, filters, firefly, firelit, flakier, flamier, flawier, flaxier, flicker, flinder, flinger, flipper, flirted, flirter, flitter, flivver, flueric, flukier, flutier, flytier, fragile, frailer, friable, fribble, frijole, frilled, friller, frizzle, gulfier, leafier, lifters, loftier, lucifer, pilfers, prefile, prelife, profile, refiled, refiles, refills, refilms, reflies, reliefs, riffled, riffler, riffles, riflers, riflery, stifler, trefoil, trifled, trifler, trifles.
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