blancher
noun/ˈblænt͡ʃɚ/ · /ˈblɑːnt͡ʃɚ/
Etymology From blanch + -er.
1
One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
2
A machine for blanching or whitening.
3
Obsolete One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
- And Gynecia, a blancher, which kept the dearest deer from her.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough And so even now hath he divers blanchers belonging to the market, to let and stop the light of the gospel.
- Related terms
- blencher