serchour
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cercheor; equivalent to serchen + -our.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛrˈt͡ʃuːr/, /ˈsɛrt͡ʃur/, /ˈsɛrt͡ʃər/, /ˈsɛːrt͡ʃər/
Noun
serchour (plural serchours)
- A searcher; an investigator or scrutiniser.
- One who performs checkups or quality control:
- A medical implement used to extract or examine.
Descendants
- English: searcher
- Scots: saircher
References
- “sē̆rcher(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-10.
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