▪ I. torcher1
(ˈtɔːtʃə(r))
[f. torch v.1 + -er1.]
† 1. One who gives light, as by carrying a torch. Obs. rare—1.
| 1601 Shakes. All's Well ii. i. 165 Ere twice the horses of the sunne shall bring Their fiery torcher his diurnall ring. |
2. One who fishes by torch-light: see torch v.1 3. U.S.
| 1891 in Cent. Dict. |
▪ II. ˈtorcher2
[f. torch v.2 + -er1.]
A workman employed in torching.
| 1851 Turner Dom. Archit. I. 25 The wages of workmen.., as..mud-plasterers, torchers, excavators, and barrow-men. |
▪ III. ˈtorcher3 U.S. slang.
[f. torch n. + -er1.]
= torch singer s.v. torch n. 3.
| 1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely xli. 317 A handsome..torcher who could sing as if she meant it. 1975 J. Gores Hammett xxii. 147 A colored band..was backing a torcher. |