Etymology

stocker

stock·er
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Today it means: Livestock that is wintered and then sold in the spring; often contrasted with a feeder when the focus is on intended disposition. Full definition →

English stock ← Middle English stok ← Old English stocc
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stocker · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  2. Old Englishstocc
  3. Middle Englishstok
  4. Englishstock
  5. English todaystocker

From stock + -er.

Stocker · proper noun2

* As an English, German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the noun stock (“stock, tree stump”), see Stock. * As a Dutch surname, from the noun stocker (“jailer”). * As an English surname, from the noun stocker (“one who sells stockfish”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Stoker. * As an Irish surname, from mac an stocaire (“son of the trumpeter”).

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