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marker (mär′kər)

noun

a person or thing that marks; specif.,
  1. a person who keeps score in a game
  2. a device for keeping score
  3. a device for marking lines, as on a tennis court
  4. a bookmark
  5. a gravestone
  6. ☆ a milestone or similar sign
  7. genetic marker

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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