"serchour" meaning in All languages combined

See serchour on Wiktionary

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /sɛrˈt͡ʃuːr/, /ˈsɛrt͡ʃur/, /ˈsɛrt͡ʃər/, /ˈsɛːrt͡ʃər/ Forms: serchours [plural], cerejowre [alternative], sercheour [alternative], sercher [alternative], serchere [alternative], serchowre [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French cercheor; equivalent to serchen + -our. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|cercheor}} Borrowed from Old French cercheor, {{af|enm|serchen|-our}} serchen + -our Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} serchour, {{enm-noun}} serchour (plural serchours)
  1. A searcher; an investigator or scrutiniser.
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-dJnfhE-j Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 26 26 12 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 23 23 23 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 27 27 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 27 27 27 3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 29 29 29 2
  2. One who performs checkups or quality control:
    A person employed by a guild to ensure adherence to guild guidelines.
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-otSMJBbk Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations, Trading Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 26 26 12 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 23 23 23 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 27 27 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 27 27 27 3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 29 29 29 2 Disambiguation of Trading: 5 15 35 15 29
  3. One who performs checkups or quality control:
    A person who levies duties and examines the quality of trade goods.
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-NYXENCK5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations, Trading Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 26 26 12 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 23 23 23 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 27 27 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 27 27 27 3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 29 29 29 2 Disambiguation of Trading: 5 15 35 15 29
  4. One who performs checkups or quality control:
    (rare) An investigator of watches or postings.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-Es-~Bpn8 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations, Trading Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 26 26 12 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 23 23 23 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 27 27 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 27 27 27 3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 29 29 29 2 Disambiguation of Trading: 5 15 35 15 29
  5. A medical implement used to extract or examine.
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-7z2bhrTE Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Medical equipment, Trading Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 26 26 12 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 23 23 23 16 Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 3 7 11 7 73 Disambiguation of Trading: 5 15 35 15 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Government Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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