I. ˈspīə(r), -īə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English spiere, from spyen, spien to spy + -ere -er
: one that spies
II. ˈspi(ə)r, -iə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English spere
: a fixed and often architecturally treated screen (as in the hall of an English manor house)
III.
chiefly Scotland
variant of speer I