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percher

American  
[pur-cher] / ˈpɜr tʃər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that perches.

  2. a bird whose feet are adapted for perching.


Etymology

Origin of percher

First recorded in 1575–85; perch 1 + -er 1

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Catherine, dressed in a bottle-green and percher hat, presented the traditional sprigs of shamrock to officers, guardsmen and mascot Seamus, the Irish wolfhound, at the regiment's annual parade at Wellington Barracks.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2025

You do often get fascinators that are like little percher hats, but basically a fascinator has a smaller base, doesn’t have a brim, and tends to have bigger decorations than a hat.

From Slate May 15, 2018

However, she soon gave over these attempts at intimidation, perched beside the percher, and again put something into his maw.

From The Foot-path Way by Bradford Torrey

Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris, Though a percher by day, roosts on the ground.

From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White

Though a percher by day, roosts on the ground.

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley

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