a person or thing that perches; specif., a bird having feet adapted for perching
percher in American English
(ˈpɜːrtʃər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that perches
2.
a bird whose feet are adapted for perching
Word origin
[1575–85; perch1 + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cusp, lyric, magazine, orthodox, recall-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)