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coucher en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English coucher, from Anglo-Norman; equivalent to couch + -er.

Meanings

1. One who couches.
2. One who couches paper.
3. (UK, obsolete) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
   • She [the Herring-Buss] imployeth[…]at Land Viewers, Packers,[…]Couchers to make the Herrings lawful Merchandizes. 1601, John Keymor, “Observation made upon the Dutch fishing”, in The Phenix:
4. The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.
   • bookes, and specially of Grayles, Couchers, Legends, Processionailes[…] 1559, Iniunctions geven by the Queenes Maiestie […] :

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