What does lesser mean?
Definitions for lesser
ˈlɛs ərless·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word lesser.
Princeton's WordNet
lesseradjective
of less size or importance
"the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils"
lesseradjective
smaller in size or amount or value
"the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
Wiktionary
lessernoun
a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
lesseradjective
of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lesseradjective
A barbarous corruption of less, formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in er; afterwards adopted by poets, and then by writers of prose.
What great despite doth fortune to thee bear,
Thus lowly to abase thy beauty bright,
That it should not deface all other lesser light. Fa. Qu.It is the lesser blot, modesty finds,
Women to change their shapes than men their minds. William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona.The mountains, and higher parts of the earth, grow lesser and lesser from age to age: sometimes the roots of them are weakened by subterraneous fires, and sometimes tumbled by earthquakes into those caverns that are under them. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
Cain, after the murder of his brother, cries out, Every man that findeth me shall slay me. By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the lesser breaches of that law. John Locke.
Any heat whatsoever promotes the ascent of mineral matter, but more especially of that which is subtile, and is consequently moveable more easily, and with a lesser power. John Woodward, Natural History.
The larger here, and there the lesser lambs,
The new-fall’n young herd bleating for their dams. Alexander Pope.Lesseradverb
Etymology: formed by corruption from less.
Some say he’s mad; others, that lesser hate him,
Do call it valiant fury. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.
Wikipedia
Lesser
Lesser, from Eliezer (Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר, Modern: Eli'ezer, Tiberian: ʼĔlîʻézer, "Help/Court of my God"), is a surname.
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lesser
Lesser is an adjective referring to a smaller amount, smaller in size, or not as important. It's used to compare two or more entities or aspects, indicating that one is not as great in amount, degree, or significance as the other.
Webster Dictionary
Lesseradjective
less; smaller; inferior
Lesseradverb
less
Etymology: [This word is formed by adding anew the compar. suffix -er (in which r is from an original s) to less. See Less, a.]
Wikidata
Lesser
J Lesser is the stage name for Jason Doerck. Doerck was a member of the defunct laptop group Sagan, alongside Blevin Blectum, Wobbly, and video artist Ryan Junell.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lesser
les′ėr, adj. (B.) less: smaller: inferior. [A double comp. formed from less.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LESSER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lesser is ranked #8885 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Lesser surname appeared 3,686 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Lesser.
93.2% or 3,438 total occurrences were White.
3.3% or 124 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.1% or 44 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.1% or 41 total occurrences were Black.
0.7% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.
0.3% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'lesser' in Adjectives Frequency: #662
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lesser in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lesser in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of lesser in a Sentence
In this current environment, we're going to have to choose between lesser evils, even if you are someone who generally prefers people voting in polling places, these are not ordinary circumstances.
And now [ drug prices are ] going to be going down a long way further, including the fact that we may allow states to buy drugs in other countries if we can buy The President and I for a lesser price -- substantially less price, so we will allow The President and I, with certain permissions, to go to other countries if The President and I can buy The President and I for 40, 50, 60 % less.
( China) is the perfect instrument to project Russia as a resurgent global power, so essentially the China Russia narrative is that China, China Russia and to a lesser extent India, are part of this new dynamic world order.
This is again just a lesser form of discrimination based on a person's identity.
A lesser factor is that they are unlikely to suffer in any material way financially.
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