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decker

/ˈdɛkə(ɹ)/US/ˈdɛkɚ/

noun

What it means

  1. One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer.

    a table decker

In a sentence

a table decker

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*þaką
  3. Proto-Germanic*þakjaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*þakkjan
  5. Old Dutchthecken
  6. Middle Dutchdeckendeverb.
  7. Middle Dutchdec
  8. Middle Englishdekke
  9. Englishdeck
  10. Englishdecker

From deck (verb) + -er.

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