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ankers

ankers is the plural of anker.

Meaning of anker

Noun

anker (plural ankers)

  1. (obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
    • And if your honour ſhould want a ſmall parcel of fine tea, or a few anchors of right Nantz, I'll be bound you ſhall be furniſhed to your heart's content.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Made Acquainted with the Characters of Commodore Trunnion and His Adherents; Meets with Them by Accident and Contracts an Intimacy with that Commander”, in The...

Proper noun capitalized: Ankers

Ankers

  1. A surname.

Questions about ankers

What does ankers mean?
Ankers means a surname.
What is ankers the plural of?
Ankers is the plural of anker.
What part of speech is ankers?
Ankers is a proper noun.

Words near ankers in the dictionary

  1. ankerite
  2. ankerites
  3. ankeritic
  4. ankeritization
  5. ankeritized
  6. ankers
  7. Ankerson
  8. ankh
  9. ankhs
  10. ankhus
  11. ankhuses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ankers (page history and authors); Ankers (page history and authors); anker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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