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Definition: JERQUER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Jerquer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Jerquer \Jer"quer\, noun. [Compare to the French expression chercher to search, English search.]. (references)

Definition: JERQUER

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "JERQUER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Jerquer \Jer"quer\, noun. [Compare to the French expression chercher to search, English search.]. (references)