Associations to the word «Percher»

Wiktionary

PERCHER, noun. One who fishes for perch.
PERCHER, noun. One that perches.
PERCHER, noun. (textiles) An inspector of cloth before finishing.

Dictionary definition

PERCHER, noun. A person situated on a perch.
PERCHER, noun. A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats