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cocker.

One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒkə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑkəɹ/General-American
  1. One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.

  2. One who hunts woodcocks.

    dated
  3. A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.

    colloquial
  4. A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.

Where this word comes from

From cock (“a male bird, especially a rooster”) and its derivative cocking (“the hunting of gamecocks”), + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

noun/ˈkɒkə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑkəɹ/General-American
  1. A rustic high shoe; half-boot.

  2. A quiver.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English coker (“a quiver, boot”) from Old English cocer (“quiver, case”) from Proto-West Germanic *kukur (“container, case”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”). More at quiver.

noun/ˈkɒkə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑkəɹ/General-American
  1. Friend, mate.

    UK · informal
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English cokeren (“to pamper, coddle”); compare Welsh cocru (“to indulge, fondle”), French coqueliner (“to dandle, to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls”), and English cockle and cock (“rooster; to spoil”).

verb/ˈkɒkə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑkəɹ/General-American
  1. To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (particularly of children).

Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English cokeren (“to pamper, coddle”); compare Welsh cocru (“to indulge, fondle”), French coqueliner (“to dandle, to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls”), and English cockle and cock (“rooster; to spoil”).

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