Percher

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Percher \Perch"er\, n. [From {Perch}, v. i.]
     1. One who, or that which, perches. --J. Burroughs.
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     2. One of the Insessores.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  percher
       n 1: a person situated on a perch
       2: a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches);
          this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists [syn:
           {Insessores}, {order Insessores}, {perching bird}]