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

lake whitefish
lakebed
lakebeds
laked
lakefront
lakefronts
lakehouse
lakehouses
lakelands
lakeless
lakelet
lakelets
lakelike
lakeport
lakeports
laker (current term)
lakering
lakers
lakes
lakeshore
lakeshores
lakeside
lakesides
lakeward
lakewater
lakeweed
lakeweeds
lakewide
lakh
lakhs

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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