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blancher

noun
/ˈblænt͡ʃɚ/

Etymology

From blanch + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰleyǵ-✻
  2. derived from *blankaz✻
  3. derived from *blank✻
  4. derived from blancus
  5. derived from blanc
  6. derived from blanchir
  7. inherited from blaunchen
  8. suffixed as blancher — “blanch + er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, blanches or whitens

    One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.

  2. A machine for blanching or whitening.

  3. One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.

    • And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her.
    • 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA