אַחֵר, v. foreg. a. [back of,] another, the other, stranger. דבר א׳ (abbr. ד"א)
אַחֵר, another thing, another explanation. Snh. IV, 5; a. v. fr. in Midr.
אַחֵר, euphem. for idolatry, swine &c., v. דָּבָר.
אַחֵר, Aḥer, [apostate,] byname of Elisha ben Abuyah. Ḥag. 14ᵇ; a. e.—Pl. אֲחֵרִיםothers; 1) freq. in Mishn. for anonymous authorities differing in opinion, א׳ אומרים, v. Hor. 13ᵇ אסיקו לר׳ מאיר א׳ R. Meïr is quoted under the word aḥerim.—2) freq. for strangers, gentiles. Snh. 52ᵇ אשת א׳ the wife of a non-Israelite. B. Mets. 111ᵇ; a. fr.—Fem. אֲחֶרֶת. Yoma I, 1 אשה א׳ a second (additional) wife; a. fr.—Snh. 104ᵃ זאת ועוד א׳ this and something besides (shall happen).