serchour

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cerejowre, sercheour, sercher, serchere, serchowre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cercheor; equivalent to serchen +‎ -our.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛrˈt͡ʃuːr/, /ˈsɛrt͡ʃur/, /ˈsɛrt͡ʃər/, /ˈsɛːrt͡ʃər/

Noun

serchour (plural serchours)

1. A searcher; an investigator or scrutiniser.
2. One who performs checkups or quality control:
   1. A person employed by a guild to ensure adherence to guild guidelines.
   2. A person who levies duties and examines the quality of trade goods.
   3. (rare) An investigator of watches or postings.
3. A medical implement used to extract or examine.

Descendants

• English: searcher
• Scots: saircher

References

• “sē̆rcher(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-10.