-yer

Multiple Entries:
  -yer    -ier  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-yer/jə/

▶suffix variant spelling of -ier (as in lawyer).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-ier /ɪə/ (also -yer)

▶suffix forming personal nouns denoting an occupation or interest.

• 1 pronounced with stress on the preceding element: grazier.

• 2 pronounced with stress on the final element: brigadier.

– origin sense 1 from ME: var. of -er1; sense 2 from Fr. -ier, from L. -arius.