percher

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noun

One who fishes for perch.

OriginMiddle English percher →
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Meanings

percher1

nounpercher (plural perchers)

plural perchers

  1. One who fishes for perch.

percher2

nounpercher (plural perchers)

plural perchers

  1. One that perches.
  2. A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.

    Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators.

    1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications
  3. Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.

percher3

nounpercher (plural perchers)

plural perchers

  1. businessAn inspector of cloth before finishing.

percher4

nounpercher (plural perchers)

plural perchers

  1. A large candle, especially on an altar

Origin

percher · noun

From perch (“a kind of fish”).

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percher · noun

From perch (verb).

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percher · noun

From perch (“a device over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).

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percher · noun

  1. Middle Englishpercher
  2. Englishpercher

From Middle English percher; equivalent to perch (“bar to support a candle”) + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

percher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percher

MLA

“percher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percher.

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