• Waker

    Origin 1

    From Middle English wakyr, from Old English wacor, waccor ("watchful, vigilant"), from Proto-Germanic *wakraz ("awake, watchful"), equivalent to wake + -er. Cognate with Scots wakir ("watchful"), Dutch wakker ("awake"), German wacker ("awake, alert, capable, brave"), Swedish vacker ("wakeful, watchful, fair, comely").

    Full definition of waker

    Adjective

    waker

    1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) Watchful; vigilant; alert.

    Origin 2

    From wake + -er.

    Noun

    waker

    (plural wakers)
    1. One who wakes somebody or something.

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