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noun
1.
a person or thing that marks.
2.
something used as a mark or indication, as a bookmark or tombstone.
3.
a person who records the scores, points, etc., as in a game or contest.
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a counter used in card playing.
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EXPANDGenetics. genetic marker.
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Psychology. an object, as a book or topcoat left at a library table, used to establish territorial possession in a public place.
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Linguistics.
a.
an element of a construction, as a coordinating conjunction, that is not a part of either immediate constituent.
b.
an element that indicates the grammatical class or function of a construction.
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a small radio beacon, automatically operated, used for local navigation of vessels.
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Also called marker pen, marking pen. a pen designed for making bold, colorful, or indelible marks, as in making signs or identifying objects.
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Slang.
a.
a debt, especially a gambling debt.
b.
a written or signed promise to pay a debt, especially a gambling debt; a promissory note or IOU.
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COLLAPSECitizens Band Radio Slang. one's location while driving on a highway, as determined by the nearest milepost.
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Markers
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
marker
O.E. mearcere "one who marks;" see mark (-). Meaning "felt-tipped marker pen" is from 1951, so called because their purpose was to "highlight" text.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
marker mark·er (mär'kər)
n.
One that marks or serves as a mark.
A physiological substance, such as human chorionic gonadotropin or alpha-fetoprotein, that may indicate disease when present in abnormal amounts in the serum, as that caused by a malignancy. Also called biomarker.
A genetic marker.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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