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Definition of Balker
1. Noun. A person who refuses to comply.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Negativist
Derivative terms: Balk, Baulk
Definition of Balker
1. n. One who, or that which, balks.
2. n. A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
Definition of Balker
1. Noun. A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Balker
1. one that balks [n -S] - See also: balks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balker
Literary usage of Balker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1876)
"After the marriage balker ruled our house in everything. My mother was a gentle
weak woman, and Caroline worshipped him. One of his first improvements was ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"balker (a as in father). A coarse-grained spindle-shaped stone for sharpening
scythes, carried in a balker-pooch (ie pouch) at the back of the leathern ..."
3. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"Enter JENNY, followed by LOTTIE and TOTTIE in dresses of Act I., then UNCLE FOGLE,
AUNT BOGLE, WALKER, and balker, all in dresses of Act I., with favours. ..."
4. History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway. With Historical Sketches by Peter Handyside MacKerlie (1906)
"balker in the prefix may be either from the Norse bol or ... We may add that on
balker farm several old fire sites were found. Another obsolete name in the ..."
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