'Percher' definitions:
Definition of 'percher'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person situated on a perch
noun
A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists [syn: Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird, percher]
Definition of 'Percher'
From: GCIDE
- Percher \Perch"er\, n. [From Perch, v. i.]
- 1. One who, or that which, perches. --J. Burroughs. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One of the Insessores. [1913 Webster]
- 3. [From Perch a pole.] A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar. [Obs.] --Bailey. [1913 Webster]