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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Lee Elia, a longtime baseball lifer who may be best known for his epic 1983 rant, died this week at the age of 87.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
All of this has raised fears that Alexander and the rail minister Peter Hendy, an industry lifer, are determined to kill open access — whose operators would be too expensive to renationalize — altogether.
—Ian King, CNBC, 9 July 2025
Duffy, 66, is an industry lifer, first joining the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1980, and was in leadership during all the consequential decisions at the heart of this lawsuit.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Stagnation is the exact criticism most often levied against the franchise this 40-year-old Rockies lifer now prominently represents.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
All of this has raised fears that Alexander and the rail minister Peter Hendy, an industry lifer, are determined to kill open access — whose operators would be too expensive to renationalize — altogether.
—Ian King, CNBC, 9 July 2025
Duffy, 66, is an industry lifer, first joining the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1980, and was in leadership during all the consequential decisions at the heart of this lawsuit.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Stagnation is the exact criticism most often levied against the franchise this 40-year-old Rockies lifer now prominently represents.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifer. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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