"serchour" meaning in Middle English

See serchour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɛrˈt͡ʃuːr/, /ˈsɛrt͡ʃur/, /ˈsɛrt͡ʃər/, /ˈsɛːrt͡ʃər/ Forms: serchours [plural]
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. Categories (topical): Medical equipment, Occupations, Trading
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-dJnfhE-j Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 10 23 23 23 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 29 29 29 1 Disambiguation of Trading: 14 25 29 25 7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 27 27 27 8 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 24 24 24 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 27 27 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 27 27 27 3
  2. One who performs checkups or quality control:
    A person employed by a guild to ensure adherence to guild guidelines.
    Categories (topical): Medical equipment, Occupations, Trading
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-otSMJBbk Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 10 23 23 23 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 29 29 29 1 Disambiguation of Trading: 14 25 29 25 7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 27 27 27 8 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 24 24 24 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 27 27 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 27 27 27 3
  3. One who performs checkups or quality control:
    A person who levies duties and examines the quality of trade goods.
    Categories (topical): Medical equipment, Occupations, Trading
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-NYXENCK5 Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 10 23 23 23 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 29 29 29 1 Disambiguation of Trading: 14 25 29 25 7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 27 27 27 8 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 24 24 24 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 27 27 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 27 27 27 3
  4. One who performs checkups or quality control:
    (rare) An investigator of watches or postings.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Medical equipment, Occupations, Trading
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-Es-~Bpn8 Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 10 23 23 23 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 11 29 29 29 1 Disambiguation of Trading: 14 25 29 25 7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 27 27 27 8 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 24 24 24 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 27 27 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 27 27 27 3
  5. A medical implement used to extract or examine. Categories (topical): Medical equipment
    Sense id: en-serchour-enm-noun-7z2bhrTE Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 10 23 23 23 22 Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -our Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 15 24 24 24 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Government Synonyms: cerejowre, sercheour, sercher, serchere, serchowre
Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cerejowre"
    },
    {
      "word": "sercheour"
    },
    {
      "word": "sercher"
    },
    {
      "word": "serchere"
    },
    {
      "word": "serchowre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serchour"
}

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