Definition of Necker

1. Noun. A lover who necks.

Generic synonyms: Lover
Derivative terms: Neck

Definition of Necker

1. one that necks [n -S] - See also: necks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Necker

neckbands
neckbeard
neckbearded
neckbeards
neckbeef
neckbeefs
neckbone
neckbones
neckbrace
neckbraces
neckcloth
neckcloths
necke
necked
neckedness
necker (current term)
necker's knob
necker's knobs
necker knob
necker knobs
neckerchief
neckerchiefs
neckerchieves
neckers
neckes
neckgear
neckgears
neckhair
necking
neckings

Literary usage of Necker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"necker resolved to interest the people in the finances. With the royal permission and the consent of Maurepas he put forth in 1781 his Compte Rendu au ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Jacques necker had been sent to Paris in 1747 to become a clerk in the bank ... There necker, transferring his love from the widow to the poor Swiss girl, ..."

3. Portraits of the Eighteenth Century: Historic and Literary by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1905)
"This political aspect of the man tempts me very little; but there is a way of studying M. necker which not only is worn less threadbare, but is less strewn ..."

4. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"Opposition to necker. Mirabeau describes the Assembly. ... necker speculates as to the issue of one hundred and thirty millions of paper money. ..."

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