"keeker" meaning in English

See keeker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: keekers [plural]
Etymology: keek + -er. Compare Dutch kijker. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|keek|er}} keek + -er, {{cog|nl|kijker}} Dutch kijker Head templates: {{en-noun}} keeker (plural keekers)
  1. (dialectal) An eye. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-keeker-en-noun-QVBYOg3x
  2. An inspector of the hewers in a coal mine.
    Sense id: en-keeker-en-noun-rcOgVROU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 7 93

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for keeker meaning in English (1.1kB)

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