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nakers

nakers is the plural of naker.

Meaning of naker

Noun

naker (plural nakers)

  1. A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.
    • the Norman trumpets from the battlements […], mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettle-drum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy.1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Questions about nakers

What is nakers the plural of?
Nakers is the plural of naker.

Words near nakers in the dictionary

  1. nakedweed
  2. nakedwood
  3. naken
  4. nakens
  5. naker
  6. nakers
  7. nakes
  8. nakey
  9. nakfa
  10. nakfas
  11. Nakh

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