Frommark +‎-er.

• IPA^(key):/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes:-ɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

marker (countable anduncountable,pluralmarkers)

1. Someone orsomething thatcreatesmarks,particularly
   1. Afelt-tipped pen, amarker pen.

      Don't use the permanentmarker on thewhiteboard.

   2. Ascorekeeper,especially one whotalliesbilliardscores.
   3. (paintball) Adevice thatfires apaintball.
2. Someone orsomethingused tomark aposition oramount,particularly
   • 1990 April 7, Deborah Schwartz, “Gay Group Hires Straight Man”, inGay Community News, page 5:

     Board member Phillip Carlson[…] said he considers [the election of] Brading to be amarker for the distance the gay and lesbian community has come.

   1. Areal orvirtualobjective,something to beaimed for.
      • 2013 September 22, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Man Utd”, inBBC Sport:

        Pellegrini insisted this was a game City had to win - this they did and with the sort of performance that put down amarker for how the Chilean wants his team to play.

   2. (film,theater) A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
      1. A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
   3. (US,slang)Synonym ofIOU, aninformalrecord of adebt.
   5. (linguistics) Afree orbound morphemeindicating agrammaticalfunction.
   6. (linguistics)Short fordiscourse marker.
   7. (biology) Agene orDNAsequence with aknownlocation on achromosome that can beused toidentifyindividuals orspecies.
      • 2012, N Manikanda Boopathi,Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Basics, Practice and Benefits, Springer Science & Business Media,→ISBN,page88:

        Markers are mapped relative to one another on chromosomes and used as signposts against which to map genes of interest that are linked withmarker. This process of finding the linkedmarkers/genes is referred to as grouping.

   8. (biology,medicine) Asubstanceused as anindicator fordiagnosis orotheranalysis, abiomarker.
      • 2019,Justin Benson, directed by Justin Benson,Synchronic, spoken by Nurse Hall and Steve Denube (Rhonda Johnson Dents andAnthony Mackie),XYZ Films,→OCLC:

        Nurse Hall: Is there any reason we shouldn't do a fullworkup? /Steve Denube:Ignorance is bliss; that's about it.Hangover's worse than usual but that's probably from the drinking andrecreational drug use. /Nurse Hall: We'll ignore theganja andbooger sugarmarkers.

   9. (military) Thesoldier whoforms thepilot of awheelingcolumn ormarks thedirection of analignment.
   10. Asewing machineattachment thatcreases thefabric tomark aline
   11. Acounter,especially oneused incard games orbackgammon.
   12. Any of various objects that mark a place on thelandscape, such as amilepost,blaze, or surveyor'scairn.

       Coordinate term:landmark

3. (UK)Someone whoassignsmarks ontests,examinations, etc.; agrader.
   • 2020 July 15, Mike Brown tells Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, inRail, page47:

     So, in his end of term report, what marks would Brown award himself for his time at TfL?
     "8½," he replies.
     Why?
     "I'm a hardmarker![…]

4. (uncountable,colloquial) Theinkmarks orresidue of afelt-tipped pen.

   Susie gotmarker all over the walls.

5. (figurative) Apersonalfavorowed tosomeone, whetherwritten ornot.

   We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of ourmarkers.

6. (competitionlaw) Aformalcertification that acompany was thefirst toapproach acompetitionauthority toreveal theexistence of acartel,generallyentitling it togreaterleniency during thecartel'sdissolution andpunishment.
7. (sports) Aplayer ondefenseused tomark one or moreoffensiveplayers.
   • 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, inBBC Sport‎^[1]:

     He skipped past Marc Wilson before clipping a delicious cross into the Stoke danger zone, where Cisse's sharp movement allowed him to escapemarker Robert Huth and send a far-post header crashing against the crossbar. And Cabaye was waiting to pounce on the rebound with a close range header.

8. (dated) Aplayeremployed by aprivateclub tocompete againstmembers.
   • 1903, Eustace Miles,Racquets, tennis, and squash, New York: Appleton & Co., page39:

     The Court itself, with its rent, the wages of theMarker and the tips to theMarker, the rackets and the balls, the baths and the flannels and the washing of the flannels, do much to account for the costliness of play.

   • 1904 "Squash and Racquets" in Frederick George Aflalo ed.The sportsman's book for India p.519 (London: Horace Marshall & Son)

     Some of the nativemarkers attain to great skill, and the brilliant success in London of " Jamsetjee " the Bombay professional affords sufficient testimony to their capabilities.

   • 1904 "A Foreign Resident" (George Washburn Smalley and Thomas Hay Sweet Escott) "Where Wit, Wealth and Empire Meet"Society in the new reign p.76 (London: T Fisher Unwin)

     Of his victories over the curate at this game he is as proud as are others of his sex and cloth, not being old maids, of their mastery of "side" at billiards, and of an occasional victory over the clubmarker at evens.

   • 1907 June 1, “Mr. A. F. Wilding's Tour”, inNew Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, No. 13453‎^[2], page 7:

     I played seven sets of doubles with Mitchell (the second best player in Ceylon) and David, the nativemarker.

9. (Philippines,informal,basketball,volleyball) Apoint, unit ofscoring in agame orcompetition.

marker (third-person singular simple presentmarkers,present participlemarkering,simple past and past participlemarkered)

1. To mark or write on (something) using amarker
   • 2002 July 5, Mike Sula, “Everything Must Go”, inChicago Reader‎^[3]:

     On one page someone hasmarkered: "Remember, you are your own best thing."

• “marker”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

• Kramer,re-mark,remark

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• IPA^(key):/markər/,[ˈmɑːɡ̊ɐ]

marker c

1. indefiniteplural ofmark

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• IPA^(key):/markeːˀr/,[mɑˈkʰeˀɐ̯]

markeror markér

1. imperative ofmarkere

marker m

marker m orf

1. indefiniteplural ofmark (Etymologies 1 & 2)

markeror markér

1. imperative ofmarkere

marker f

1. indefiniteplural ofmark (Etymology 2)

markeror markér

1. imperative ofmarkere

Borrowed fromEnglishmarker.

• IPA^(key):/ˈmar.kɛr/
• Rhymes:-arkɛr
• Syllabification:mar‧ker

marker m inan

1. marker pen,sharpie
2. (biology)marker(gene or DNA sequence with a known location)
3. (paintball) device that fires apaintball

• marker inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• marker in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishmarker.

marker n (pluralmarkere)

1. marker

marker

1. indefiniteplural ofmark

• kamrer