brancher

brancher noun: that which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.

Noun (1)

brancher (plural branchers)

That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
That which branches, or jumps to another instruction location within a program.
- None of the brancher instructions have any effect whatsoever on any flags; instead, they are the instructions which look at the flags.1983, Richard Mansfield, Machine Language for Beginners, page 69
- This is pretty typical for a C-written brancher.1999, Mickey Kawick, Real-time Strategy Game Programming Using DirectX 6.0, page 37

brancher (plural branchers)

A young owl or other raptor that is just too young to fly.
- “What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass?[…]”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...

plural	branchers

From branch (verb) + -er.

From branch (noun) + -er. So called because of the bird still clinging to the branches while practising flying movements with the wings.

What does brancher mean?: Brancher means that which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
What part of speech is brancher?: Brancher is a noun.
What is the plural of brancher?: The plural of brancher is branchers.

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