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)
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He was a lifer at the factory.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
Both are lifers, apparently incapable of walking away.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Many of these players are lifers, kids who started at Kent Denver in middle school, with a few, like Fay, who had Schayes as their sixth-grade English teacher.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
This is for all the indie film lifers who are holding on and fighting the good fight.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lifer
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifer. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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