Cheer
[tʃɪr]Meaning
the word cheer originally meant face or countenance; later, a shout of encouragement
Background Story
Cheer came into Middle English in the 13th century through Old French from Low Latin cara, meaning head. Its meaning shifted early to hospitality and entertainment, and so to food and drink, as in good cheer. The sense of a shout of encouragement or applause is a late use, which Defoe called a sailor's word and which does not appear in Johnson's Dictionary.
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