Meaning of PERCHER
| Pronunciation: | | 'purchur
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- [n] a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
- [n] a person situated on a perch
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| | Synonyms: | | Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird |
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| | See Also: | | animal order, Aves, class Aves, human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Perch"er\, n. [From {Perch}, v. i.]
1. One who, or that which, perches. --J. Burroughs.
2. One of the Insessores.
3. [From {Perch} a pole.] A Paris candle anciently used in
England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the
altar. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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