"Knickerbocker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Knickerbockers [plural]
Etymology: From Diedrich Knickerbocker, the pseudonym adopted by Washington Irving for his 1809 A History of New York, probably for the Knickerbackers of Schaghticoke, New York, descended from the Dutch immigrant Harmen Jansen van Bommel(l), who went variously by the names van Wy(y)e, van Wyekycback(e), Kinnekerbacker, Knickelbacker, Knickerbacker, Kinckerbacker, Nyckbacker, and Kynckbacker. The surname is of uncertain etymology, being variously explained as a corruption of Wyekycback, Dutch knacker (“cracker”) + German Bäcker, Dutch bakker (“baker”), or Dutch knicker (“marble (toy)”) + German Bäcker, Dutch bakker. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|knacker||cracker}} Dutch knacker (“cracker”), {{der|en|de|Bäcker}} German Bäcker, {{der|en|nl|bakker||baker}} Dutch bakker (“baker”), {{q|toy}} (toy), {{der|en|nl|knicker||marble (toy)}} Dutch knicker (“marble (toy)”), {{der|en|de|Bäcker}} German Bäcker, {{der|en|nl|bakker}} Dutch bakker Head templates: {{en-noun}} Knickerbocker (plural Knickerbockers)
  1. (archaic or historical) A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families
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  2. (basketball, uncommon) A player for the New York Knicks Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-Knickerbocker-en-noun-nsXCd-fP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 27 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 39 28 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (baseball, historical) A player for the New York Knickerbockers Tags: historical Categories (topical): Baseball Derived forms: Father Knickerbocker, Knickerbocker Glory, knickerbocker glory, Knickerbockers, knickerbockers, knickers
    Sense id: en-Knickerbocker-en-noun-EVEu2fnF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 27 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 39 28 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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