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• thatcher
  thatcher

  noun

  a person who thatches.
• Thatcher
  Thatcher

  noun

  Margaret (Hilda), 1925–2013, British political leader: prime minister 1979–90.

thatcher

¹ American  

[thach-er] / ˈθætʃ ər /

noun

1. a person who thatches.

2. a rake or other tool designed to remove thatch from a lawn.

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Thatcher ² American  

[thach-er] / ˈθætʃ ər /

noun

1. Margaret (Hilda), 1925–2013, British political leader: prime minister 1979–90.

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Thatcher British  

/ ˈθætʃə /

noun

1. Margaret ( Hilda ), Baroness (née Roberts ). 1925–2013, British stateswoman; leader of the Conservative Party (1975–90); prime minister (1979–90)

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Etymology

Origin of thatcher

1400–50; late Middle English. See thatch, -er ¹

Example Sentences

A man depicted on the album cover of Led Zeppelin IV has been revealed as a 19th Century thatcher.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

Retired thatcher Richard Clarke, 73, was found with a head injury in Eye, Suffolk, on 22 August 2009.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2019

The thatcher and saddler have disappeared; in their place is the gas station attendant and the commuter,” he wrote.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2015

A thatcher then perched on the metal scaffolding and spread fresh bunches of grass over bare eucalyptus poles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2013

Supreme dejection settled on the thatcher, and neither bite nor sup could dislodge the settled melancholy of his soul.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner