"basker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: baskers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} basker (plural baskers)
  1. Clipping of basking shark. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: basking shark
    Sense id: en-basker-en-noun-ikf1qMBo Categories (other): Lamniform sharks Disambiguation of Lamniform sharks: 69 21 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: baskers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English bask Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English basker From bask + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bask|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English bask Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English basker [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "basker", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="basker"> From bask + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} basker (plural baskers)
  1. One who or that which basks; agent noun of bask.
    Sense id: en-basker-en-noun-UI~zjL95 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 17 50 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 20 50 30 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 20 50 30 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 15 52 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 52 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 84 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 54 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 1 12 8 37 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 17 54 29 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 10 57 33
  2. Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Urothemis, endemic to Africa and Asia.
    Sense id: en-basker-en-noun-g8LuJPwB Categories (other): Libellulid dragonflies Disambiguation of Libellulid dragonflies: 6 31 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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