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acker¹

  • /ˈa.kə/ UK

Rhymes with -ækə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Unknown; perhaps a variant of eagre.

noun ackers

  1. archaic, dialectal A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water. The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...].

acker²

  • /ˈa.kə/ UK

Rhymes with -ækə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Variant forms.

noun ackers

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of acre

Acker³

  • /ˈækə/ UK
  • /ˈækɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ækə(ɹ)

proper noun

  1. An English topographical surname from Old English from Old English æcer (“field”).
  2. A German topographical surname from German from Old High German ackar (“field”).
  3. nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk

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Chicago

"acker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/acker.

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@misc{acker_2026,
  title = {acker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acker},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}