decker

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/ˈdɛkə(ɹ)/US/ˈdɛkɚ/

noun

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

“a table decker”

OriginEnglish deck ← Middle English dekke ← Middle Dutch dec →
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Meanings

decker1

noundecker (plural deckers)

plural deckers

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

    a table decker

decker2

noundecker (plural deckers)

plural deckers

  1. Something having a certain number of levels.

    We traveled in a double-decker bus.

Decker3

proper noun
  1. A surname from German.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

decker · noun

  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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decker · noun

  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 (noun) + -er.

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Translations

Finnish -kerroksinen
  • -kerroksinenSomething having a certain number of levels

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with decker

checkerbeckertrekkerwreckerekkerStar Trekker
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Sounds the same

deca (non-rhotic)deca (non-rhotic)

Anagrams

Dereckredeck
Cite this entry
APA

decker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decker

MLA

“decker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decker.

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