crammer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈkræmɚ/ UK /ˈkræmə/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like clamor /l/ vs /r/

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person or school that prepares students intensively for exams

He enrolled in a crammer to scrape through the entrance test.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person or school that... tutor coach

Word family

Related forms cramcramming

Etymology

From the verb 'cram' (in the sense 'to study intensively') plus the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Cram' is from Old English 'crammian' ('to stuff, fill').

crammian Old English

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# crammer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈkræmɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈkræmə

## Meanings
1. a person or school that prepares students intensively for exams

## Examples
- He enrolled in a crammer to scrape through the entrance test.

## Synonyms
- tutor
- coach

## Related Forms
- cram
- cramming

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: crammian

## Etymology
From the verb 'cram' (in the sense 'to study intensively') plus the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Cram' is from Old English 'crammian' ('to stuff, fill').

## AI Etymology
Crammer is from the verb 'cram' (in the sense 'to study intensively') plus the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Cram' is from Old English 'crammian' ('to stuff, fill'). The immediate etymological form is Old English crammian. The suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "a person or school that prepares students intensively for exams", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include cram and cramming.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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