wielder

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English wield

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English wielder

From wield + -er.

Noun

wielder (plural wielders)

1. A person who wields something, especially power
   • 1995 June 5, Ape Inc., HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:

     Giygas is no longer the wielder of Evil.
     He has become the embodiment of Evil itself...
     which he cannot control on his own.

2. (obsolete) A manager

Anagrams

• Weidler