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laker¹

  • /ˈleɪkə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English *lakere, *leikere, from Middle English laken, leiken (“to play, sport”), equivalent to lake (“play, sport”) + -er. More at lake.

noun lakers

  1. UK, dialectal One engaged in sport; a player; an actor.

laker²

  • /ˈleɪkə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From lake (“body of water”) + -er (“inhabitant”) or + -er (relational suffix).

noun lakers

  1. A wharfman who resides near a lake.
  2. Canada, US A ship used on the Great Lakes.

Laker³

Where it comes from

From lake + -er.

noun Lakers

  1. A Lakist; one of the Lake Poets.
  2. A player for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. Just that measly 35-point, 14-assist and 12-rebound game from LeBron James as the Lakers got a little revenge on the Grizzlies.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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MLA

"laker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/laker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

laker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/laker

Chicago

"laker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/laker.

BibTeX
@misc{laker_2026,
  title = {laker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}