waker

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adjective

Watchful; vigilant; alert.

“an early waker”

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rouserarouser
OriginMiddle English wakyr ← Old English wacor ← Proto-West Germanic *wakr →
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Meanings

waker1

adjectivewaker (comparative more waker, superlative most waker)

comparative more waker · superlative most waker

  1. UKdialectalWatchful; vigilant; alert.

waker2

nounwaker (plural wakers)

plural wakers

  1. One who wakens or arouses from sleep.

    an early waker

  2. One who wakes somebody or something.
  3. non-native speakersAn alarm clock.
  4. computingIn the Rust programming language, a handle that "wakes up" a task by notifying its executor that it is ready to be run.

Waker3

proper nounWaker (plural Wakers)

plural Wakers

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who rouses others from sleep

Similar
rouserarouser
Broader
attendantattendertender
Also see
arouserrouser

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Origin

waker · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wóǵ-ros“strong, lively”
  2. Proto-Germanic*wakraz“awake, watchful”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wakr
  4. Old Englishwacor
  5. Middle Englishwakyr
  6. Englishwaker

From Middle English wakyr, from Old English wacor, waccor (“watchful, vigilant”), from Proto-West Germanic *wakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake, watchful”), equivalent to wake + -er. Cognate with Scots wakir (“watchful”), Dutch wakker (“awake”), German wacker (“awake, alert, capable, brave”), Swedish vacker (“wakeful, watchful, fair, comely”). Also precisely cognate with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, “adamantine”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wóǵ-ros (“strong, lively”), and therefore a doublet of vajra. Further related through the same Indo-European root to vigil, vigor, and vegetable.

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waker · noun

  1. Middle Englishwakere
  2. Englishwaker

From Middle English wakere, equivalent to wake + -er. Compare West Frisian wekker (“alarm clock”, literally “waker”), Dutch wekker, German Wecker.

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Waker · proper noun

Either from waker, a nickname for a watchful person, or a variant of Walker.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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