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Noun: lifer  lI-fu(r)
Usage: informal
  1. A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment
    "The lifer had been in prison for over 30 years"

Derived forms: lifers

Type of: con [informal], convict, inmate, yard bird [N. Amer, informal], yardbird [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Lifer