flier

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

From fly + -er (comparative suffix).

flier

1. comparative form of fly: more fly

From fly + -er (agent noun suffix).

flier (plural fliers)

1. Alternative form of flyer (more common in US, except in the sense of "leaflet")
   • 1993, John Feltwell, The Encyclopedia of Butterflies, page 41:

     Most graphiums have a speckled pattern, and they are fast fliers.

   • 2009 July 25, Frank Rich, “And That's Not the Way It Is”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     Just a few days before McNamara died, Politico uncovered a particularly graphic example involving The Post: an invitation to lobbyists to shell out $25,000 to $250,000 to sponsor off-the-record, nonconfrontational "salons" where they could mix with what a promotional flier called "the right people" and "alter the debate."

   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in AV Club‎^[2], archived from the original on 1 February 2013:

     Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.

   • 2021 December 29, Philip Haigh, “Rail's role in unifying Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in RAIL, number 947, page 24:

     From rail's perspective, the faster journey times that HS2 will bring should encourage fliers to switch to rail.

flier (third-person singular simple present fliers, present participle fliering, simple past and past participle fliered)

1. Alternative form of flyer.

• Filer, Friel, filer, lifer, rifle