blencher

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noun

One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer during a hunt.

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Meanings

nounblencher (plural blenchers)

plural blenchers

  1. obsoleteOne who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer during a hunt.
  2. obsoleteOne who flinches or shrinks back; by extension a coward or shirker

    Yet against a battle-blencher thou must lead yon huge array!

    1898, Euripides, translated by Arthur S. Way, Tragedies of Euripides, The Phoenician Maidens

Origin

From blench + -er.

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APA

blencher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blencher

MLA

“blencher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blencher. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blencher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blencher.

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