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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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Landing a full-time position is a dream come true for many NPS lifers—and not something to be gambled with.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Oct. 2025
Stealth wealth, drives a Tesla, a bitcoin lifer.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2025
My regular weekly meeting of lifers became a celebration of my release.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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