1
: a person sentenced to imprisonment for life
2
: a person who makes a career of one of the armed forces
3
: a person who has made a lifelong commitment (as to a way of life)
Examples of lifer in a Sentence
He was a lifer at the factory.
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Twenty-four prisoners – mostly lifers – sat across from a dozen students at a maximum-security prison yard in Southern California as part of an innovative 14-week, creative writing program.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
In any event, auction house lifers told me, the secondary art market is a race to the bottom.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Two reasons Mad had so many lifers were their personal loyalty to Gaines and their love of his lavish trips.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Barra, a General Motors lifer, took the helm at GM in January 2014.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
In any event, auction house lifers told me, the secondary art market is a race to the bottom.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Two reasons Mad had so many lifers were their personal loyalty to Gaines and their love of his lavish trips.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Barra, a General Motors lifer, took the helm at GM in January 2014.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifer. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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