"charper" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: charpers [present, singular, third-person], charpering [participle, present], charpered [participle, past], charpered [past]
Etymology: From Italian cercare (“to look for”), from Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō (“I traverse, go about”), from Latin circa (“around, near, about”), circus (“a circular line or orbit”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|cercare||to look for}} Italian cercare (“to look for”), {{der|en|LL.|circāre}} Late Latin circāre, {{der|en|la|circa||around, near, about}} Latin circa (“around, near, about”), {{der|en|grc|κίρκος||circle, ring}} Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} charper (third-person singular simple present charpers, present participle charpering, simple past and past participle charpered)
  1. (Polari) To seek; to search. Tags: Polari Derived forms: charperer (english: police officer), charpering carsey (english: police station), charpering omi (english: policeman)
    Sense id: en-charper-en-verb--okMkGIK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Polari

Inflected forms

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