yeller

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjɛlə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjɛlɚ/

Etymology 1

From yell +‎ -er.

Noun

yeller (plural yellers)

  1. Someone who yells.

Etymology 2

Eye dialect.

Alternative forms

Adjective

yeller (comparative more yeller, superlative most yeller)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of yellow.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.

Anagrams

Turkish

Noun

yeller

  1. nominative plural of yel
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