REACHER

Etymology

Proper noun

Reacher

A patronymic surname.

Etymology

Noun

reacher (plural reachers)

A person who reaches.

A device used to reach something.

A sail, a kind of asymmetrical spinnaker.

(obsolete) An exaggeration.

Source: Wiktionary


Reach"er, n.

1. One who reaches.

2. An exaggeration. [Obs.] Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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