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howker

howker noun: a type of two-masted Dutch sailing vessel, weighing between 60 and 200 tons burthen. Also the obsolete form of hooker.

Noun

howker (plural howkers)

  1. A type of two-masted Dutch sailing vessel, weighing between 60 and 200 tons burthen.

Also used as

howker is also the obsolete form of hooker.

Forms of howker

pluralhowkers

Questions about howker

What does howker mean?
Howker means a type of two-masted Dutch sailing vessel, weighing between 60 and 200 tons burthen.
What part of speech is howker?
Howker is a noun.
What is the plural of howker?
The plural of howker is howkers.

Words near howker in the dictionary

  1. howitzers
  2. howitzes
  3. howja
  4. howk
  5. howked
  6. howker
  7. howkers
  8. howking
  9. Howkins
  10. howks
  11. howl

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