balker
balker noun: someone or something that balks; a naysayer.
Noun
balker (plural balkers)
- Someone or something that balks; a naysayer.
- 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.
- The Pilcherd are pursued and deuoured by a bigger kinde of fish, called a Plusher, being somewhat like the Dog-fish, who leapeth now and then aboue water, and therethrough bewrayeth them to the Balker […]1602, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, folio 34ʳ
- “Ye are caught, master wizard,” cried Fleetwood, laughing; “the balkers have marked their fish, and we hold you as our prize.[”]1845, William Thornber, Penny Stone; or, a Tradition of the Spanish Armada, page 32
Synonyms of balker
Forms of balker
| plural | balkers |
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Origin of balker
From balk + -er.
Words that rhyme with balker
Questions about balker
- What does balker mean?
- Balker means someone or something that balks; a naysayer.
- What part of speech is balker?
- Balker is a noun.
- What is the plural of balker?
- The plural of balker is balkers.
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