dogger

dogger · noun¹

From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).

dogger · noun²

1. Old English*dogga
2. Middle Englishdogge
3. Englishdog
4. English todaydogger

From dog (verb) + -er.

dogger · noun³

1. Old English*dogga
2. Middle Englishdogge
3. Englishdog
4. English todaydogger

From dog + -er.

dogger · noun⁴

From dog (“part of a crane that holds the items to be lifted”) + -er, from the fact that such a person would often ride on the load lifted by the crane when carrying out their duty. Created as a gender-neutral substitute for the older term dogman.

dogger · noun⁵

From dog + -er (suffix forming slang or colloquial equivalents of words).