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marker

  • noun
  • /ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/

Someone or something that creates marks, particularly

Other meanings

  1. A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.

  2. A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.

Kinds of marker

  • yard marker

Related words

  • hitmarker
  • placemarker
  • backmarker
  • biomarker
  • bookmarker
  • chemomarker
  • exomarker
  • fluoromarker
  • geomarker
  • glycomarker
  • immunomarker
  • intermarker

Example sentences

  • “That's a marker, not a pen.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “marker” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.