Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marker \Mark"er\, n.
One who or that which marks. Specifically:
(a) One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.
(b) A counter used in card playing and other games.
(c) (Mil.) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling
column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
(d) An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on
the fabric by creasing it.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marker
n 1: some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark
something; "the buoys were markers for the channel"
2: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the
sheep" [syn: {marking}, {mark}]
3: a writing implement for making a mark
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