percher

American  

[pur-cher] / ˈpɜr tʃər /

noun

1. a person or thing that perches.

2. a bird whose feet are adapted for perching.

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Etymology

Origin of percher

First recorded in 1575–85; perch ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Catherine, dressed in a bottle-green and percher hat, presented the traditional sprigs of shamrock to officers, guardsmen and mascot Seamus, the Irish wolfhound, at the regiment's annual parade at Wellington Barracks.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

You do often get fascinators that are like little percher hats, but basically a fascinator has a smaller base, doesn’t have a brim, and tends to have bigger decorations than a hat.

From Slate • May 15, 2018

However, she soon gave over these attempts at intimidation, perched beside the percher, and again put something into his maw.

From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford

Though a percher by day, roosts on the ground.

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry

It would sometimes take refuge in a bush, when the lark, not being a percher, would alight upon the ground beneath it.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John