blencher

English

Etymology

From blench +‎ -er.

Noun

blencher (plural blenchers)

(obsolete) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer during a hunt.
(obsolete) One who flinches or shrinks back.

Related terms

blancher

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “blencher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)