coker
See also: Coker
English
Etymology 1
coke + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix)
Noun
coker (plural cokers)
- The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured
- (derogatory, slang) A cocaine addict, a cokehead
Etymology 2
Clipping of cokernel
Noun
coker (plural cokers)
- (category theory, informal) cokernel
Anagrams
- Croke, Korçë, Ocker, ocker
Indonesian
Etymology
From English choker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃokər/
- Hyphenation: co‧kêr
Noun
coker (first-person possessive cokerku, second-person possessive cokermu, third-person possessive cokernya)
- choker.
Further reading
- “coker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cuker, cokir, cocur, cokre, kokur, quequer, koker
Etymology
From Old English cocer, cocur, from Proto-Germanic *kukur-; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür or Hunnic.[1] Doublet of quiver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔkər/, /ˈkɔːkər/
Noun
coker (plural cokeres)
- A kind of leather leg coverings.
- (rare) A quiver (a receptacle for arrows)
Descendants
- English: cocker, cogger
References
- “cō̆ker, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
- “quiver”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.