waker
English
Etymology 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”).
Adjective
waker (comparative more waker, superlative most waker)
- (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Watchful; vigilant; alert.
Etymology 2
From wake + -er.
Noun
waker (plural wakers)
- One who wakes somebody or something.
Derived terms
- waker-upper
Anagrams
- kewra, wrake, wreak