(n.) One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
(n.) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
Example Sentences:
(1) Now, one in seven prisoners serves more than 10 years, while the number of lifers and other long termers has doubled to 18% of all prisoners.
(2) Other than his request that we read his lips, not much about this one-termer’s character jumps to mind.
(3) Lifers’ and other long termers’ average lengths of stay have risen from 13 to 17 years in little more than a decade.
(4) Physiological indices of the short-termers showed no differences in EKG rate, a more rapid EEG pattern, and a different breathing pattern than did the long-termers.