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Definition of Lifer
1. Noun. A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment.
Definition of Lifer
1. Noun. A prisoner sentenced to life in prison. ¹
2. Noun. A person who makes a career in the military. ¹
3. Noun. A bird species seen for the first time by a birder who is keeping a list of all the birds he or she has seen in their life time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lifer
1. a prisoner serving a life sentence [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lifer
Literary usage of Lifer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1871)
"... to assertions incapable of proof by chemical Ok-inS. lifer in the theory, or
as unwilling to renounce it i:iv tiling better presented itself. ..."
2. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1896)
"238 depicts a striking example in an Umbel- lifer. Two species of Plantago afford
an interesting comparison. In P. media (fig. 239) the cotyledons incline ..."
3. Tales of the Convict System by Price Warung (1892)
"HOW "lifer" DALE ATTENDED THE GUEST-DINNER. The first battalion of Her Majesty's
... lifer ..."
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