Etymology

From mark +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#MARKER.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/Category:English 2-syllable words#MARKERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MARKER

• Audio (General Australian):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#MARKER
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)#MARKERCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/2 syllables#MARKER

Noun

marker (countable and uncountable, plural markers)Category:English lemmas#MARKERCategory:English nouns#MARKERCategory:English uncountable nouns#MARKERCategory:English countable nouns#MARKERCategory:English countable nouns#MARKERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. Someone or something that creates marks, particularly
   1. A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.

      Don't use the permanent marker on the whiteboard.Category:English terms with usage examples#MARKER

   2. A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
   3. (paintballCategory:en:Paintball#MARKER) A device that fires a paintball.
2. Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
   • 1990 April 7, Deborah Schwartz, “Gay Group Hires Straight Man”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

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

     Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

   1. A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
      • 2013 September 22, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

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

        Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

   2. (filmCategory:en:Film#MARKER, theaterCategory:en:Theater#MARKER) 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. (USCategory:American English#MARKER, slangCategory:English slang#MARKER) Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
   5. (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#MARKER) A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
   6. (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#MARKER) Ellipsis of discourse markerCategory:English ellipses#MARKER.
   7. (biologyCategory:en:Biology#MARKER) A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
      • 2012, N Manikanda Boopathi, Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Basics, Practice and Benefits, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 88:

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

        Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

   8. (biologyCategory:en:Biology#MARKER, medicineCategory:en:Medicine#MARKER) A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker.
      • 2019, Justin Benson, directed by Justin Benson, Synchronic, spoken by Nurse Hall and Steve Denube (Rhonda Johnson Dents and Anthony Mackie), XYZ Films, →OCLC:

        Nurse Hall: Is there any reason we shouldn't do a full workup? / Steve Denube: Ignorance is bliss; that's about it. Hangover's worse than usual but that's probably from the drinking and recreational drug use. / Nurse Hall: We'll ignore the ganja and booger sugar markers.

        Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

   9. (militaryCategory:en:Military#MARKER) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
   10. A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
   11. A counter, especially one used in card games or backgammon.
   12. Any of various objects that mark a place on the landscapeCategory:English links with manual fragments#MARKER, such as a milepostCategory:English links with manual fragments#MARKER, blazeCategory:English links with manual fragments#MARKER, or surveyor's cairnCategory:English links with manual fragments#MARKER.

       Coordinate term: landmark

3. (UKCategory:British English#MARKER) Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
   • 2020 July 15, Mike Brown tells Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 47:

     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 hard marker! […]

     Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

4. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#MARKER, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#MARKER) The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.

   Susie got marker all over the walls.Category:English terms with usage examples#MARKER

5. (figurative) A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.

   We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers.Category:English terms with usage examples#MARKER

6. (competition lawCategory:en:Law#MARKER) A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
7. (sportsCategory:en:Sports#MARKER) A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
   • 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎:

     He skipped past Marc Wilson before clipping a delicious cross into the Stoke danger zone, where Cisse's sharp movement allowed him to escape marker 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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

8. (datedCategory:English dated terms#MARKER) A player employed by a private club to compete against members.
   • 1903, Eustace Miles, Racquets, tennis, and squash, New York: Appleton & Co., page 39:

     The Court itself, with its rent, the wages of the Marker and the tips to the Marker, 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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

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

     Some of the native markers 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 club marker at evens.

   • 1907 June 1, “Mr. A. F. Wilding's Tour”, in New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, No. 13453‎, page 7:

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

     Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

9. (PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#MARKER, informalCategory:English informal terms#MARKER, basketballCategory:en:Basketball#MARKER, volleyballCategory:en:Volleyball#MARKER) A point, unit of scoring in a game or competition.

Verb

marker (third-person singular simple present markers, present participle markering, simple past and past participle markered)Category:English lemmas#MARKERCategory:English verbs#MARKERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. To mark or write on (something) using a marker
   • 2002 July 5, Mike Sula, “Everything Must Go”, in Chicago Reader‎:

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

     Category:English terms with quotations#MARKER

References

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

Anagrams

• Kramer, re-mark, remark

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

marker mCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

marker m or fCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. indefinite plural of mark (Etymologies 1 & 2)

Verb

marker or markérCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. imperative of markere

Noun

marker fCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. indefinite plural of mark (Etymology 2)

Verb

marker or markérCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms#MARKERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. imperative of markere

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Polish terms borrowed from English#MARKERCategory:Polish terms derived from English#MARKER marker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kɛr/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#MARKERCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#MARKER
• Rhymes: -arkɛrCategory:Rhymes:Polish/arkɛr#MARKERCategory:Rhymes:Polish/arkɛr/2 syllables#MARKER
• Syllabification: mar‧ker

Noun

marker m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#MARKERCategory:Polish nouns#MARKERCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Polish masculine nouns#MARKERCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. marker pen, sharpie
2. (biologyCategory:pl:Biology#MARKER) marker (gene or DNA sequence with a known location)
3. (paintballCategory:pl:Paintball#MARKER) device that fires a paintball

Further reading

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from English#MARKERCategory:Romanian unadapted borrowings from English#MARKERCategory:Romanian terms derived from English#MARKER marker.

Noun

marker n (plural markere)Category:Romanian lemmas#MARKERCategory:Romanian nouns#MARKERCategory:Romanian countable nouns#MARKERCategory:Romanian terms spelled with K#MARKERCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. marker

Noun

markerCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#MARKERCategory:Swedish noun forms#MARKERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#MARKERCategory:Pages with entries#MARKERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MARKER

1. indefinite plural of mark

Anagrams

• kamrer