See Also: villager(dictionary)
villager(dictionary)
Bias(health)
Bias(money)
bias(1)(dictionary)
bias(2)(dictionary)
bias(medicine)
bias 1, noun(dictionary)
bias 2, verb(dictionary)
gender bias(dictionary)

bias(2) (iou) and villager (iou)


bias(2) (iou)



bias verb. Infl. -s-, -ss-. E17.
[from BIAS adjective, noun, & adverb.]
verb trans. Give a bias to (a bowl etc.); cause to swerve from a course (lit. & fig.); influence (usu. unfairly), inspire with prejudice. E17.
verb intrans. Incline to one side, swerve from the right course. Only in 17.
verb trans. Apply a steady voltage, magnetic field, etc., to: see BIAS noun 8. E20.
biased, biassed adjective having a bias; influenced, prejudiced: E17.

villager (iou)



villager noun. L16.
[from VILLAGE + -ER1.]
A person living in a village, now esp. a working-class native or resident of long standing.
villageress noun (rare) a female villager L19.