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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Another lifer who’s being released is Solomonsen.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
If the album positions them in the lineage of sometime tourmates Modest Mouse and the Flaming Lips, Something Worth Waiting For sounds less like a swing for the big time than a merry jaunt into its general vicinity, happy to pick up any alt-rock lifers who’ll come.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
In the spring of 1993, a group of restless Cartoon Network employees, led by VP of programming and TBS lifer Mike Lazzo, wanted to inject original programming targeted for adults into a rote repertory schedule of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Having a West Coast base makes a lot of sense for the star, who has been in a relationship with Kylie Jenner, a SoCal lifer, since 2023.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 16 Mar. 2026
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
If the album positions them in the lineage of sometime tourmates Modest Mouse and the Flaming Lips, Something Worth Waiting For sounds less like a swing for the big time than a merry jaunt into its general vicinity, happy to pick up any alt-rock lifers who’ll come.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
In the spring of 1993, a group of restless Cartoon Network employees, led by VP of programming and TBS lifer Mike Lazzo, wanted to inject original programming targeted for adults into a rote repertory schedule of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Having a West Coast base makes a lot of sense for the star, who has been in a relationship with Kylie Jenner, a SoCal lifer, since 2023.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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