name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hatcher
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name
Meaning 2
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Georgia.
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name
Meaning 3
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Taylor County, Kentucky.
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noun
Meaning 4
One who hatches, such as a chicken farmer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I bought some chicks from a commercial hatcher.
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noun
Meaning 5
Something that hatches, such as a bird or the egg from which it hatches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Incubators must be carefully monitored so that hatchers and nonhatchers may both be further handled promptly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hatchling
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History
Etymology
From hatch + -er.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: квачка (kvačka) — hatchling
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