quencher

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noun

Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)

OriginMiddle English quenchere →
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Meanings

nounquencher (plural quenchers)

plural quenchers

  1. Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)

    [I]t is a terrible long and slippery descent, and a shocking bad road. At the bottom, however, there is a pleasant public; whereat we must really take a modest quencher, for the down air is provocative of thirst.

    1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days

Origin

  1. Middle Englishquenchere
  2. Englishquencher

From Middle English quenchere, equivalent to quench + -er.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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