fleer
/ˈfliːə(ɹ)/noun
fleer is a noun meaning “One who flees” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-E-E-R and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fleer is fleers.
What does fleer mean?
noun
- 1
One who flees.
- 2
archaicMockery; derision.
verb
- 1
archaicTo make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn
- 2
archaicTo grin with an air of civility; to leer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fleer?
- /ˈfliːə(ɹ)/
As a verb (“To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn”): /flɪə/, /flɪɚ/, /fliɹ/.
Fleer has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fleer.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fleer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fleer
- fleers present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- fleering participle, present
- fleered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fleer?
Fleer appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fleer come from?
From flee + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).