different between sewer vs hewer

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaqu?ria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aqu?ria (“of or pertaining to waters”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?o'?, IPA^(key): /?s(j)u??/
• (General American) enPR: so?o?r, IPA^(key): /?su?/
• Homophone: suer
• Rhymes: -u??(?)
• Hyphenation: sew?er

Noun

sewer (plural sewers)

1. A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

Translations

Verb

sewer (third-person singular simple present sewers, present participle sewering, simple past and past participle sewered)

1. (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.

Etymology 2

From Middle English seware, seuere, from Anglo-Norman asseour, from Old French asseoir (“find a seat for”), from Latin assid?re, present active participle of asside? (“attend to”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sede? (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?o'?, IPA^(key): /?s(j)u??/
• (General American) enPR: so?o?r, IPA^(key): /?su?/
• Hyphenation: sew?er

Noun

sewer (plural sewers)

1. (now historical) A servant attending at a meal who is responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes, etc.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     While the Saxon was plunged in these painful reflections, the door of their prison opened, and gave entrance to a sewer, holding his white rod of office.

   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 287:

     His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.

Etymology 3

sew +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?'?, IPA^(key): /?s???/
• (US) enPR: s?'?r, IPA^(key): /?so??/
• Homophone: sower
• Rhymes: -???(r)
• Hyphenation: sew?er

Noun

sewer (plural sewers)

1. One who sews.
2. A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.

Synonyms

• (one who sews): sempster/sempstress (man/woman), seamster/seamstress (man/woman), tailor

Translations

Anagrams

• Ewers, Weser, ewers, re-sew, resew, sweer, weres

Middle English

Verb

sewer

1. Alternative form of suren

English

Etymology

From hew +? -er.

Noun

hewer (plural hewers)

1. One who hews.
   • 1975, Lawrence Schofer, The Formation of a Modern Labor Force, Upper Silesia, 1865-1914:

     All three groups were paid less per shift than coal miners. In 1905, for instance, hewers in coal mines received an average 3.79 marks per shift; in zinc and lead, 3.10 marks; in iron, 2.36 marks.

Derived terms

• hewers of wood and drawers of water

Translations

Anagrams

• rehew, where, where-