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English
Etymology
From blanch + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblænt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈblɑːnt͡ʃɚ/
Noun
blancher (plural blanchers)
- One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
- A machine for blanching or whitening.
- (obsolete) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, London: [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her.
- 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough
- And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel.
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