name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
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Standard Lemma guide
belcher
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈbɛlt͡ʃɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: B EH1 L CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
A village in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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noun
Meaning 4
Someone who belches.
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noun
Meaning 5
A dark blue neckerchief with white spots, each having a dark-blue spot in the centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Examples
- 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist He had a brown hat on his head, and a dirty belcher handkerchief round his neck: with the long frayed ends of which he smeared the beer from his face as he spoke.
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History
Etymology
From French, from bel + cher.
From belch + -er.
Named after James Belcher (1781–1811), a famous English boxer.