name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
thatcher
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθæ.tʃə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈθæ.tʃəɹ/
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rhymes with -ætʃə(ɹ)
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homophone: thatcher
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UK: /ˈθæt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
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US: /ˈθæt͡ʃ.ɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: TH AE1 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Numerous places in the United States:
A town in Graham County, Arizona.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
Numerous places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
Numerous places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
Numerous places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A person who installs thatch as a roofing material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A device which removes dead grass clippings from a lawn. (Technically a dethatcher, often a lawnmower attachment.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roofer
noun
Meaning 9
British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Iron Lady
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stateswoman
History
Etymology
From thatcher.
From thatch + -er.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amharic: ታቸር (tačär) — surname
- Arabic: تَاتْشَر (tātšar) — surname
- Armenian: Թետչեր (Tʻetčʻer) — surname
- Azerbaijani: Tetçer — surname
- Belarusian: Тэ́тчэр (Tétčer) — surname
- Bengali: থ্যাচার (thêcar) — surname
- Burmese: သက်ချာ (sakhkya) — surname
- Chinese Cantonese: 戴卓爾 /戴卓尔 (daai3 coek3 ji5) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 撒切爾 /撒切尔 (Sāqiè'ěr) — surname
- Czech: Thatcher — surname
- Czech: Thatcherová — surname
- Finnish: Thatcher — surname
- Georgian: ტეტჩერი (ṭeṭčeri) — surname
- Greek: Θάτσερ (Thátser) — surname
- Hebrew: תאצ׳ר — surname
- Hebrew: ת׳אצ׳ר — surname
- Hindi: थैचर (thaicar) — surname
- Japanese: サッチャー (Satchā) — surname
- Kannada: ಥ್ಯಾಚರ್ (thyācar) — surname
- Korean: 대처 (Daecheo) — surname
- Latvian: Tečere — surname
- Lithuanian: Tečer — surname
- Malayalam: താച്ചർ (tāccaṟ) — surname
- Marathi: थॅचर (thĕcar) — surname
- Nepali: थ्याचर (thyācar) — surname
- Persian: تاچر (tâčar) — surname
- Punjabi: ਥੈਚਰ (thaicar) — surname
- Russian: Тэ́тчер (Tɛ́tčer) — surname
- Sinhalese: තැච (tæca) — surname
- Tamil: தாட்சர் (tāṭcar) — surname
- Telugu: థాచర్ (thācar) — surname
- Thai: แทตเชอร์ (tɛ̂ɛt-chəə) — surname
- Ukrainian: Те́тчер (Tétčer) — surname
- Yiddish: טאַטשער (tatsher) — surname
- Danish: tækker — person who installs thatch
- Dutch: dakdekker — person who installs thatch
- Finnish: olkikaton tekijä — person who installs thatch
- French: chaumier — person who installs thatch
- Georgian: ჩალით გადამხურავი (čalit gadamxuravi) — person who installs thatch
- Georgian: ლერწმით გადამხურავი (lerc̣mit gadamxuravi) — person who installs thatch
- Irish: tuíodóir — person who installs thatch
- Māori: kaiwhakarauwhare — person who installs thatch
- Polish: strzecharz — person who installs thatch
- Russian: кро́вельщик (króvelʹščik) — person who installs thatch
- Swedish: halmtäckare — person who installs thatch
- Welsh: töwr — person who installs thatch
- Finnish: ruohonkerääjä — device to remove dead grass
Real reading context