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trencher

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

The English word “trencher” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A plate on which food is served or cut.
  2. Someone who trenches; especially, one who cuts or digs ditches.
  3. A machine for digging trenches.

Etymology

From Middle English trenchour, from Anglo-Norman trenchour and Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”). See trench (verb).

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