"Cocker" meaning in English

See Cocker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: * As an English surname, from the verb cock (“to fight, wrangle”), itself from the bird. The river in Lancashire is also from the bird. * Also as an English surname, from the noun cock (sense 3) (“heap of hay”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Kocher. * The river in Cumbria is of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *kukrā (“the crooked one”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|cock|t=to fight, wrangle}} cock (“to fight, wrangle”), {{m|en|cock#Etymology 3|cock (sense 3)|t=heap of hay}} cock (sense 3) (“heap of hay”), {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{m|de|Kocher}} Kocher, {{der|en|cel-bry|-}} Brythonic, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*kukrā|t=the crooked one}} Proto-Brythonic *kukrā (“the crooked one”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cocker
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Cocker-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Cockermouth. Categories (place): Places in Cumbria, England, Places in England, Rivers in Cumbria, England, Rivers in England
    Sense id: en-Cocker-en-name-MRwgovhK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 50 37
  3. A short river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Lune estuary. Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Lancashire, England, Rivers in England, Rivers in Lancashire, England
    Sense id: en-Cocker-en-name-UKHZbLKi

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