Home › Words › E › esperesper/ˈɛsˌpɝ/esper means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, esper ranks #26,394 of 42,747 for Qualifying.esper is pronounced /ˈɛsˌpɝ/.EtymologyFrom ESP + -er from ESP (“extrasensory perception”).nameA surname.e.g.“Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper sat down with “60 Minutes” for an interview that aired Sunday night to talk about his new – and revealing – book about his time spent in the Trump administration.” — 2022 May 9, Chris Cillizza, “The 9 most outlandish lines from Donald Trump’s response to Mark Esper’s book”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2024:nounA person who practices the development of psychic ability.A person who has extrasensory perception.e.g.“I don't know why anybody would be spying on me, either, but—I'm neither a Lensman nor an esper, but I'd swear that somebody's peeking over my shoulder half the time.” — 1942 June 7, Edward Elmer Smith, “Storm Cloud on Deka”, in Astonishing Stories, volume 3, number 4:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).