"balker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: balkers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ) Etymology: balk + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|balk|er|id2=agent noun}} balk + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} balker (plural balkers)
  1. Someone or something that balks; a naysayer.
    Sense id: en-balker-en-noun-hK38EiW1
  2. (obsolete) 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. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fishing Synonyms: huer, conder
    Sense id: en-balker-en-noun-mBGGknh7 Disambiguation of Fishing: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conder, huer

Inflected forms

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