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torcher

noun
/ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/US/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From torch + -er.

  1. derived from *terkʷ-✻ — “to spin; to turn”
  2. derived from torqua
  3. derived from *torca✻ — “coiled object”
  4. derived from torche
  5. inherited from torch
  6. formed as torcher — “torch + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who torches something.

    • The torchers of buildings must be dealt with.

  2. One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.

    • Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring, […]

  3. A torch song

    • […] their set includes a Patsy Cline torcher and reaches some sort of peak with a 29-song Irving Berlin medley.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A singer of a torch song

      • What did the girl do before she married Eddie Mars? Torcher. Can’t you get any old professional photos?

    2. The pilot of a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (a spacecraft engine which produces…

      The pilot of a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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