mark|er

mark|er
mark|er «MAHR kuhr», noun.
1. a person or thing that marks: »

Holding a black marker in his hand, the clerk numbered each carton as he counted them.

2. a person or device that keeps the score in a game.
3. Sports. a) a line or mark indicating position on a playing field: »

... went over standing up from the 7-yard marker (New York Times).

 b) a score: »

... accounted for the first West Point marker on a 2-yard plunge (New York Times).

4. a counter used in card games.
5. = bookmark: (Cf. ↑bookmark) »

Put a marker in that book…page seventy-four (Samuel Lover).

6. U.S. Slang. a pledge of payment, especially of a gambling debt; an I.O.U.
7. Linguistics. any unit that indicates a distinctive class, function, or other feature: »

a number marker, a person marker, the plural marker -s.

8. = genetic marker. (Cf. ↑genetic marker)
9. a machine formerly used to cut grooves in square patterns in ice covering a stream, pond, or lake, so that blocks could be cut for commercial use.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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