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)

  1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Watchful; vigilant; alert.

Etymology 2

From wake +‎ -er.

Noun

waker (plural wakers)

  1. One who wakes somebody or something.
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