noun · verb · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that creates marks, particularly
A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Don't use the permanent marker on the whiteboard.
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Someone or something that creates marks, particularly
A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Someone or something that creates marks, particularly
A device that fires a paintball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: games, paintball
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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6
noun
Meaning 6
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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13
noun
Meaning 13
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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14
noun
Meaning 14
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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15
noun
Meaning 15
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
A counter, especially one used in card games or backgammon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
Any of various objects that mark a place on the landscape, such as a milepost, blaze, or surveyor's cairn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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17
noun
Meaning 17
Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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18
noun
Meaning 18
The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, uncountable
Examples
Susie got marker all over the walls.
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19
noun
Meaning 19
A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers.
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20
noun
Meaning 20
A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: competition law
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21
noun
Meaning 21
A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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22
noun
Meaning 22
A player employed by a private club to compete against members.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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23
noun
Meaning 23
A point, unit of scoring in a game or competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree English mark Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English marker From mark + -er.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
French:
marqueur
— object used to mark location
French:
tetrahedron
— object used to mark location
German:
Markierung
— object used to mark location
Hungarian:
jelzés
— object used to mark location
Hungarian:
jel
— object used to mark location
Macedonian:
пока́зател
(pokázatel)
— object used to mark location
Norman:
mèrtcheux
— object used to mark location
Norwegian Bokmål:
markør
— object used to mark location
Norwegian Nynorsk:
markør
— object used to mark location
Portuguese:
marco
— object used to mark location
Romanian:
marker
— object used to mark location
Russian:
ме́тка
(métka)
— object used to mark location
Russian:
указа́тель
(ukazátelʹ)
— object used to mark location
Slovak:
značka
— object used to mark location
Slovak:
označenie
— object used to mark location
Slovak:
marka
— object used to mark location
Slovak:
míľnik
— object used to mark location
Spanish:
venero
— object used to mark location
Spanish:
marcador
— free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function
Vietnamese:
chỉ tố
— free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function
French:
marqueur
— someone or something that marks
Hungarian:
jelző
— someone or something that marks
Hungarian:
jelölő
— someone or something that marks
Hungarian:
tábla
— someone or something that marks
Hungarian:
kijelző
— someone or something that marks
Hungarian:
mutató
— someone or something that marks
Norman:
mèrtcheux
— someone or something that marks
Portuguese:
marcador
— someone or something that marks
Romanian:
marcator
— someone or something that marks
Hungarian:
adóslevél
— note of debt
Hungarian:
ígérvény
— note of debt
Hungarian:
kötelezvény
— note of debt
Italian:
nota
— note of debt
Italian:
quota
— note of debt
French:
marqueur
— a device that fires a paintball
Greek:
μαρκαδόρος
(markadóros)
— a device that fires a paintball
Portuguese:
marcador
— a device that fires a paintball
Dutch:
merker
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
French:
marqueur
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Galician:
marcador
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Hungarian:
marker
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Italian:
marcatore
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Norwegian Bokmål:
markør
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Norwegian Nynorsk:
markør
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Persian:
نشانگر
(nešângar)
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Polish:
marker
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Portuguese:
marcador
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
Spanish:
marcador
— a gene or DNA sequence with a known location