acher

English

Etymology 1

ache +‎ -er

Noun

acher (plural achers)

  1. (usually humorous) Something that aches.

Noun

acher (plural achers)

  1. Obsolete form of acre.
    • 1606, “[Donyatt terrier]”, in Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset, volume 6, published 1899, page 63:
      It[em]: A nother medow near unto Sea conteining abowt two achers and half.
    • 1662 March 13, Mary Littlefejld, “[Deed]”, in York Deeds, volume 1, published 1887, part 1, folio 150:
      I Mary Littlefejld […] Authorize & Impoure my well beloued brother Fran: Littlefejld Senjor to dispose of my right & Title in yt Land of one Thousand Achers more or lesse lijng at Kenebunke, & belonging to the Towne of Cape Porpus […]
    • 1664, Stephen Blake, The Compleat Gardeners Practice […]‎, page 119:
      This Saffron which I here prescribe is planted only for its vertue and profit, which it returneth to the Planter thereof, as in Cambridgeshire and Saffronwalden, where they plant many achers thereof.

Noun

acher (plural achers)

  1. Obsolete form of usher.

Anagrams

Old Irish

Adjective

acher

  1. Alternative form of aicher

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
acher unchanged n-acher
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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