switchern.
/ˈswɪtʃə/, U.S. /ˈswɪtʃər/ One who or that which switches, in any sense: spec.
Thesaurus »
Categories »
a. A switch or slender rod used as a whip; also, a person who wields a switch.
Thesaurus »
Categories »
b. A switching-engine.
c. An angler who ‘switches’: see switch v. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > angler > others
troller1653
ground angler1835
spinner1836
bankster1885
switcher1893
plunker1926
moocher1947
flatliner1984
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Switcher, a small switch. North.
1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) i. 7 Aiguilleur,..pointsman, point turner or keeper, switcher.
1882 Sun 14 May 6/6 The switcher [sc. engine] came with a rush.
1893 J. Grant in Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 8/1 One of the best old Spey fishers was my father,..who had the reputation of being a crack switcher.
d. Draughts. A form of opening game (see quot. 1881).
ΚΠ
1881 J. Wyllie Draughts The ‘Switcher’ Opening Pref. The ‘Switcher’ was so named by my esteemed and dear old friend, Mr. George Wallace, of Glasgow, and it was not inappropriately titled, for, with that weak and apparently silly opening, I have ‘switched’ and perplexed many an eminent player.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 527/1
e. One who changes or transfers something to another position; a person who exchanges items, or substitutes one for the other. slang and colloquial (originally U.S.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute > provider of
substituter1764
switcher1914
1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 35 Flopper, in general use by money changers, switchers (substituters); flimflammers.
1958 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 Nov. 1/1 Almost a third of the voters who plan to vote mostly for Republican candidates tomorrow are recent ‘switchers’, who until a few days ago either had planned to vote Democratic or were still undecided.
1978 Economist 1 Apr. 26/1 Singapore, South Korea and the Philippines as well as eastern European countries are said to be among the more determined switchers out of dollars.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
n.1847