LAKER

Etymology 1

Noun

laker (plural lakers)

(UK dialectal) One engaged in sport; a player; an actor.

Etymology 2

Noun

laker (plural lakers)

A wharfman who resides near a lake.

(nautical, North America) A ship used on the Great Lakes.

Hyponyms

• (watercraft): straight decker, stern-ender, whaleback

Coordinate terms

• (watercraft): saltie

Anagrams

• Arkle, Kaler, Karle

Etymology

Noun

Laker (plural Lakers)

A Lakist; one of the Lake Poets.

(basketball) A player for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team

Proper noun

Laker

A surname.

Anagrams

• Arkle, Kaler, Karle

Source: Wiktionary


Lak"er, n. One that is connected with a lake or lakes, as in habitation, toil, etc.: (a) One of the poets of the Lake school. See Lake poets, under Lake, n. (b) (Zoöl.) A fish living in, or taken from, a lake, esp. the namaycush. (c) A lake steamer or canal boat.

The bridge tender . . . thought the Cowies "a little mite" longer than that laker. The Century.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 April 2024

TYPIFY

(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”


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