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Cocker.

A surname.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A surname.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Cockermouth.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A short river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Lune estuary.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

* 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”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.