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marker
English
Etymology
From mark +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??(?)k?(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(r)k?(r)
Noun
marker (plural markers)
- An object used to mark a location.
- Someone or something that marks.
- One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.
- A counter used in card games and other games.
- The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
- An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.
- (Britain) A person who assesses the standard of a student in a test or examination.
- A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:
- Pellegrini insisted this was a game City had to win - this they did and with the sort of performance that put down a marker for how the Chilean wants his team to play.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:
- A felt-tipped pen.
- Synonym: marker pen
- (colloquial) Marks of ink left by this type of pen.
- (US, slang) A signed note of a debt to be paid.
- (US, slang, figuratively) A nonmonetary debt owed to someone, especially in return for a favor.
- We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers.
- (paintball) A device that fires a paintball.
- (sports)
- A defending player who stays close to an opponent in order to mark them.
- (dated) A player employed by a private club and available to compete against members.
- 1903 Eustace Miles Racquets, tennis, and squash p.39 (New York: Appleton & Co.)
- The Court itself, with its rent, the wages of the Marker and the tips to the Marker, the rackets and the balls, the baths and the flannels and the washing of the flannels, do much to account for the costliness of play.
- 1904 "Squash and Racquets" in Frederick George Aflalo ed. The sportsman's book for India p.519 (London: Horace Marshall & Son)
- Some of the native markers attain to great skill, and the brilliant success in London of " Jamsetjee " the Bombay professional affords sufficient testimony to their capabilities.
- 1904 "A Foreign Resident" (George Washburn Smalley and Thomas Hay Sweet Escott) "Where Wit, Wealth and Empire Meet" Society in the new reign p.76 (London: T Fisher Unwin)
- Of his victories over the curate at this game he is as proud as are others of his sex and cloth, not being old maids, of their mastery of "side" at billiards, and of an occasional victory over the club marker at evens.
- 1903 Eustace Miles Racquets, tennis, and squash p.39 (New York: Appleton & Co.)
- A defending player who stays close to an opponent in order to mark them.
- (biology) A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
- 2012, N Manikanda Boopathi, Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Basics, Practice and Benefits, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 88:
- Markers are mapped relative to one another on chromosomes and used as signposts against which to map genes of interest that are linked with marker. This process of finding the linked markers/genes is referred to as grouping.
- 2012, N Manikanda Boopathi, Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Basics, Practice and Benefits, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 88:
- (biology, medicine) A substance used as a diagnostic indicator or for other analysis; a biomarker.
- (competition law) A recognition given by a competition authority that a company is the first to approach it to reveal the existence of a cartel, as a prelude to a formal application for leniency for the company.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
marker (third-person singular simple present markers, present participle markering, simple past and past participle markered)
- To mark or write on (something) using a marker
References
- “marker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Kramer, re-mark, remark
Danish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mark?r/, [?m?????]
Noun
marker c
- indefinite plural of mark
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marke??r/, [m??k?e???]
Verb
marker or markér
- imperative of markere
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
marker m
marker m or f
- indefinite plural of mark (Etymologies 1 & 2)
Verb
marker or markér
- imperative of markere
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
marker f
- indefinite plural of mark (Etymology 2)
Verb
marker or markér
- imperative of markere
Polish
Etymology
From English marker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mar.k?r/
Noun
marker m inan
- marker pen, sharpie
- (biology) marker (gene or DNA sequence with a known location)
- (paintball) device that fires a paintball
Declension
Further reading
- marker in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- marker in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Noun
marker
- indefinite plural of mark
Anagrams
- kamrer
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barker
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b??(?)k?(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k?(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) +? -er.
Noun
barker (plural barkers)
- Someone or something who barks.
- A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
- Hyponym: doorsman
- A shelf-talker.
- (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
- (slang, dated) A pistol.
- Synonym: barking iron
- Barney, opening a cupboard, brought forth several articles, which he hastily crammed into the pockets.
“Barkers for me Barney," said Toby Crackit.
“Here they are,” replied Barney, producing a pair of pistols.
- Barney, opening a cupboard, brought forth several articles, which he hastily crammed into the pockets.
- The spotted redshank.
Synonyms
- spruik
- tout
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English barker; equivalent to bark (“surface of tree”) +? -er.
Noun
barker (plural barkers)
- (historical) A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
- The professor of barker has been made largely obsolete by the realization that in most cases saplings can be cultivated far more profitably.
- (obsolete) A tanner.
- The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the introduction of more effective tanning agents, but it lives on as a surname.
- A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.
- Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts.
Translations
Danish
Noun
barker
- indefinite plural of bark
Middle English
Alternative forms
- berker, barkere, barkar
Etymology
From bark +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bark?r(?)/
Noun
barker (plural barkers)
- tanner, barker
Descendants
- English: barker
References
- “barker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
barker m
- indefinite plural of bark
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