Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fewer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. {Fewer}; superl. {Fewest}.] [OE.
fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin to OS. f[=a]h,
OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl., Dan. faa, pl.,
Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. {Paucity}.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. ``Are not my days few?'' --Job x. 20.
Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
{A few}, a small number.
{In few}, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
{No few}, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
{The few}, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fewer
adj : (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier
meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this
year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains
were late" [ant: {more(a)}]
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