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Definition of Laker
1. n. One that is connected with a lake or lakes, as in habitation, toil, etc.:
Definition of Laker
1. Noun. A Lakist; one of the (w Lake Poets). ¹
2. Noun. (basketball) A player for the (w Los Angeles Lakers) basketball team ¹
3. Proper noun. (surname) ¹
4. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) A player; an actor. ¹
5. Noun. (nautical North America) A ship used on the Great Lakes. ¹
6. Noun. A wharfman who resides near a lake. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laker
1. a lake fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laker
Literary usage of Laker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"... ease with which it is accomplished, unless the inflammation is unusually severe.
A CASE OF INJURY TO THE EYE FROM A STROKE OF LIGHTNING. Laker reports ..."
2. With Rod and Gun in New England and the Maritime Provinces ...: With Valuble by Edward Augustus Samuels (1897)
"A SURPRISE FROM A "Laker." LIFTING STRENGTH OF A FLY ROD. ... HOW TO COOK A "Laker."
THE FOOD SUPPLY AFFECTS THE TABLE QUALITIES OF TROUT. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"Namur lank, slack; Wall. laker, to slacken, cease, give over. / n' lake nin d'
ploure, it does not cease to rain. ..."
4. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1895)
"There has been a very clever and carefully prepared conspiracy here, and Laker
has not been the criminal, but the victim." "Been robbed himself, you mean? ..."
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