Ers

/ɜːrz/ noun

Plural of 'er'; filler sounds people make when speaking hesitantly (like 'um' or 'uh'), or people who do something (suffix as in 'runners').

As a filler word, 'er' is an imitative/onomatopoetic word from hesitant speech. As a suffix, it comes from Old English and Germanic origins, meaning 'one who does' an action.

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