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Rhotacism

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rhotacism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rhotacism.html. 1828.