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I. adjective
Date: 13th century
comparative of little I ; of less size, quality, degree, or significance ; of lower status
II. adverb
Date: 1539
less <lesser-known>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Lesser — (vom hebräischen Wort „Eliezer“ (אֱלִיעֶזֶר dt. Hilfe/Gerichtshof meines Gottes) ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), polnischer Maler und Kritiker Anton Lesser (* 1952), englischer Schauspieler Axel Lesser (*… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lesser — is a surname, and may refer to* Gabriele Lesser, German journalist * George Lesser, American musician * J Lesser aka Lesser, IDM musician * Matt Lesser, Connecticut politician * Oskar Lesser, German astronomer * Rika Lesser, American poet * Anton … Wikipedia
Lesser — Less er (l[e^]s [ e]r), a. [This word is formed by adding anew the compar. suffix er (in which r is from an original s) to less. See {Less}, a.] Less; smaller; inferior. [1913 Webster] God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night. Gen. i. 15 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lesser — less·er / le sər/ adj: of less size, quality, degree, or significance; specif: of lower criminal liability duress has been held a good defense to such lesser crimes as robbery, burglary and malicious mischief W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr.… … Law dictionary
lesser — (adj.) early 13c., a double comparative, from LESS (Cf. less) + ER (Cf. er) (2). Johnson calls it a barbarous corruption of less, formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in er. As an adverb from 1590s; now generally poetic … Etymology dictionary
Lesser — Less er, adv. Less. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lesser — smaller, *less, fewer Antonyms: major … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lesser — see less 3 … Modern English usage
lesser — [adj] inferior, secondary a notch under*, bottom, bush, bush league*, dinky*, insignificant, less important, low, lower, minor, minorleague*, nether, second fiddle*, second string*, slighter, small, small fry*, small time*, subjacent, subordinate … New thesaurus
lesser — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not so great, large, or important as the other or the rest … English terms dictionary
lesser — [les′ər] adj. [ LESS + ER] 1. alt. compar. of LITTLE 2. smaller, less, or less important adv. less … English World dictionary
