chalker

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noun

One who chalks.

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Meanings

chalker1

nounchalker (plural chalkers)

plural chalkers

  1. One who chalks.

    Sometimes they will accept a flier or even take a stick of chalk and join in. The center of the project is the trust placed directly with the chalker. There is no organizational meeting.

    2016, Ruth Sergel, See You in the Streets, page 23

Chalker2

proper nounChalker (plural Chalkers)

plural Chalkers

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

Chalker · proper noun

  1. Old Englishgeċealcian“to whiten”
  2. EnglishChalker

From an agent derivative of Old English geċealcian (“to whiten”), an occupational surname for a whitewasher, or a topographic surname for someone who lived on chalky ground.

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APA

chalker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalker

MLA

“chalker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chalker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalker.

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