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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{suf|en|life|er|id2=agent noun}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈlaɪfə(ɹ)/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lifer.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪfə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[prisoner]] [[sentence]]d to life in prison.
# A [[prisoner]] [[sentence]]d to [[transportation]] for life.
#* {{RQ:Dickens Oliver Twist|passage=They know what a clever lad he is; he'll be a '''lifer'''. They'll make the Artful nothing less than a '''lifer'''.}}
# A person with a singular career path, especially in the military.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Gustav Hasford|title=The Short-Timers|year=1979|year_published=1980|publisher=Bantam Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-553-13020-1|page=63|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/shorttimers00gust/page/63/mode/1up|passage="{{...}}The Top's not a '''lifer'''; he's a career Marine. '''Lifers''' are a breed. A '''lifer''' is anybody who abuses authority he doesn't deserve to have. There are plenty of civilian '''lifers'''."}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Paul Newman|title=Nine From The Ninth|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9781462082520|page=17
|passage=LRRP planned to become “career” Army, i.e., a '''lifer''', you kept that quiet. Basic LRRP theology said the Army sucked and that philosophy kept one from going crazy because, at the bottom, nothing about the war seemed to make sense anyway. The LRRP's considered a '''lifer''' a loser. Being a '''lifer''' implied one had no  other options available. Every LRRP had his own stories about back home: about family, friends, lovers, opportunities, dreams and a future. These were mostly fantasy, but {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=J. M. Coutts|title=As the Beacon Turns|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=9781412044233|page=392
|passage=In the early years of EMS, the term '''lifer''' was an entitlement pinned to anyone who  had worked the road for ten years or longer with no real plans of seeking a replacement trade. It was a term that was generally delivered in a respectful and lighthearted teasing manner by someone who by all definitions could have easily been described as a '''lifer''' himself—with the exception of one drawback. So far, the crews didn't know anyone who had worked in the field for ten years, much less  longer {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2018|author=Adrian Dater|title=100 Things Rockies Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die|passage=He was a baseball '''lifer''', a seamhead through and through, who just absolutely liked nothing better than sitting down and talking baseball.}}
# {{lb|en|birdwatching}} A [[bird]] [[species]] seen for the first time by a [[birder]] who is keeping a list of all the species he or she has ever seen.
#: {{syn|en|life bird}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Sue Taylor|title=Best 100 Birdwatching Sites in Australia|passage=I saw six species of honeyeaters new to me and went home with 16 '''lifers''' and some bad sandfly bites.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|en
|A-lifer
|anti-lifer
|mid-lifer
|night-lifer
|no-lifer
|pro-lifer
|right-to-lifer
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|prisoner sentenced to life in prison}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|elinkautisvanki}}
* German: {{t|de|Lebenslänglicher|m}}, {{t|de|Lebenslängliche|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[életfogytiglan]]ra [[ítél]]t [[rab]]}}, {{t|hu|életfogytos}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|囚人|tr=shūjin|sc=Jpan}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пожи́зненник|m}}, {{t|ru|пожи́зненница|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|livstidsfånge|c}}, {{t|sv|livstidare|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|person who makes a career in the military}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kantapeikko}}
* German: {{t+|de|Berufssoldat|m}}, {{t+|de|Berufssoldatin|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[hivatásos]] [[katona]]}}, {{t+|hu|továbbszolgáló}}, {{t+|hu|zupás}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|trotjänare|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|bird species}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|bimbo|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[uusi]] [[bongaus]]}}, {{t|fi|elämänpinna}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{sense|bird species}} [[life list]]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|Filer|Friel|filer|flier|rifle}}

{{C|en|People|Prison}}

==Old English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|lifer}}

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*libru}}.

{{rel-top|Cognates}}
Cognate with {{cog|ofs|livere}} ({{cog|fy|lever}}), {{cog|osx|levara}}, {{cog|nl|lever}}, {{cog|goh|lebara}} ({{cog|de|Leber}}), {{cog|non|lifr}} ({{cog|sv|lever}}). {{rel-bottom}}

====Noun====
{{ang-noun|f}}

# [[liver]] {{q|interior organ}}

=====Declension=====
{{ang-decl-noun-o-f|lifr|nomsg=lifer}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|ang|liferādl||liver disease}}
* {{l|ang|lifersēoc||having a liver disease}}
* {{l|ang|liferlæppa||lobe of the liver}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|enm|lyvere|lyver|livere}}
** {{desc|en|liver}}
** {{desc|sco|liver}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|ang|la|laver|t=water-plant}}.

====Noun====
{{ang-noun|f|head=lifer}}

# {{alternative form of|ang|læfer|t=reed, rush}}

=====Declension=====
{{ang-decl-noun-o-f|lifr|nomsg=lifer}}

{{topics|ang|Anatomy}}

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