jerquer
English edit
Etymology edit
Compare French chercher to search, and English search.
Noun edit
jerquer (plural jerquers)
- (historical or archaic) A customs officer who searched ships for undocumented goods.
References edit
- “jerquer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.