PERCHER

Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird, percher

(noun) a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists

percher

(noun) a person situated on a perch

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

One who fishes for perch.

Etymology 2

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

One that perches.

A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.

Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.

Etymology 3

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

(textiles) An inspector of cloth before finishing.

Etymology 4

Noun

percher (plural perchers)

A large candle, especially on an altar

Anagrams

• reperch

Source: Wiktionary


Perch"er, n. Etym: [From Perch, v. i.]

1. One who, or that which, perches. J. Burroughs.

2. One of the Insessores.

3. Etym: [From Perch a pole.]

Definition: A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar. [Obs.] Bailey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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