Speer

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spere \Spere\, v. i. [AS. spyrian to inquire, properly, to
     follow the track; akin to D. speuren, G. sp["u]ren, Icel.
     spyrja. [root]171. See Spoor.]
     To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
     [Written also {speer}, {speir}.] --Jamieson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Speer \Speer\, n.
     A sphere. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Speer \Speer\, v. t.
     To ask. [Scot.] See {Spere}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Speer
       n : German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981)
           [syn: {Albert Speer}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Speer, IL
    Zip code(s): 61479