Cocker Definition
kŏkər
cockers
noun
cockers
Webster's New World
A person who breeds or trains fighting cocks.
Webster's New World
A person who promotes or attends cockfights.
American Heritage
A man, esp. an old one: a jocular or derogatory term.
Webster's New World
A rustic high shoe, half-boots.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To coddle; pamper.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Cocker
Noun
Singular:
cocker
Plural:
cockersOrigin of Cocker
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Origin uncertain. Perhaps Old English cokeren; 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 (“a bird”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English coker "a quiver, boot" from Old English cocer "quiver, case" from Proto-Germanic *kukur- (“container, case”). More at quiver.
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Middle English cokeren
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From cock (the bird).
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