different between hower vs hoer

English

Noun

hower (plural howers)

1. Obsolete spelling of hour
   • 1880-1881: Clements R Markham (editor), The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622

     [O]ur men receaued no other recreation from work and sleep, but onlie the time of eateing their meat, whereof they had sufficient, thrice in every twenty-four howers; and besides, some of them had alowed aquauitæ at ech four hower's end.

Anagrams

• how're, who're, whore

English

Etymology

hoe +? -er

Noun

hoer (plural hoers)

1. One who hoes.

Anagrams

• Hero, Rohe, heor, hero, rheo-, rohe

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoere, hoer, from Old Dutch *huora, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?ros (“dear, loved”). Cognate with German Hure, English whore, Danish hore.

Noun

hoer (plural hoere)

1. (derogatory) whore

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoere, from Old Dutch *huora, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ur/, [?u?r]
• Rhymes: -ur

Noun

hoer f (plural hoeren, diminutive hoertje n)

1. (sometimes derogatory) whore, prostitute
2. (derogatory) whore, slut (slur)

Derived terms

• aandachtshoer
• heroïnehoer
• hoerendochter
• hoerendop
• hoerenhengst
• hoerenkind
• hoerenloper
• hoerenwaard
• hoerenwaardin
• hoerenzoon
• hoerhuis
• stoephoer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hoer
• ? Sranan Tongo: huru

Anagrams

• hore

Middle English

Adjective

hoer

1. Alternative form of hor (“hoar”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hoer f

1. indefinite plural of ho
2. indefinite plural of hoe