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mark·er
\ˈmärkər, ˈmȧkə(r\ noun
(-s)
1. : a person who marks: as
a. : a person who marks game
b. : a person who keeps account of a game played (as of billiards or rackets) : scorer; also : one who records the shots at target practice
c.
(1) : a person who records attendance at a school or college : monitor
(2) : a person who marks papers (as tests, compositions) for a teacher
d. : a worker who puts identifying information on articles: as
(1) : a worker in a laundry or cleaning and dyeing establishment who marks articles with customer identification
(2) : a worker who marks serial numbers on gun parts with a marking die
(3) : a person who marks prices on merchandise
e. : a logger who marks trees for felling, felled trees for cutting into logs, or logs for identification in a drive
f. : a worker who marks outlines on leather parts of shoes as guides for such subsequent operations as cementing, punching of buttonholes, or fancy stitching
g. : a worker who pencils or chalks out a pattern on material (as cloth, wood, or metal) before it is cut; also : a pattern layout so made
h. : a worker who makes out merchandise tickets
2. : something that marks or is used for marking: as
a. : an implement or attachment for marking the ground to facilitate planting in rows
b. : a contrivance for marking out a tennis court
c. : any of various sewing devices for making or indicating guidelines
< a pin marker for hemlines >
d.
(1) : a token used in gambling as a reminder (as of a bet or the next dealer)
(2) : a promissory note or IOU given as evidence of a loan received or debt incurred
e. : a signal placed on each side of the rear of certain trains; also : a distinctive light fastened to a signal post to indicate whether the signal is permissive or absolute
f. : something (as a person, flag, stake, ship) posted at a point to indicate a position (as of a military unit, an obstacle)
g. : bookmark
h. : a black or otherwise readily identifiable sheep
i. : a morphologic hereditary character used as an indicator of the presence of absence of a linked physiologic character — compare linkage
j. : a geologic formation easily identified; especially : one used as a guide in well drilling
3.
a. : an instrument connected with a switchboard that electrically selects an available trunk line and makes the necessary connections for long-distance calls
b. or marker beacon or marker radio beacon : a small transmitter of limited range used by an airplane to identify its position over a fixed spot on the earth
4. : a word, morpheme, or combination of morphemes indicating the form class or grammatical function of the linguistic form that accompanies or includes it
< the markers the and -ed in the boy and played > |