waker

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English wakyr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English wacor, waccor (“watchful, vigilant”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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”).

Adjective

waker (comparative more waker, superlative most waker)

1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) Watchful; vigilant; alert.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

waker (plural wakers)

1. One who wakens or arouses from sleep.
2. One who wakes somebody or something.

Derived terms

• waker-upper

Anagrams

• kewra, wrake, wreak