cocker

1
[ kok-er ]

Origin of cocker

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; extended sense of cocker2

Words Nearby cocker

Other definitions for cocker (2 of 3)

cocker2
[ kok-er ]

noun
  1. a person who promotes or patronizes cockfights.

Origin of cocker

2
First recorded in 1650–60; (game)cock + -er1, that is, gamecock fancier

Other definitions for cocker (3 of 3)

cocker3
[ kok-er ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to pamper: to cocker a child.

Origin of cocker

3
First recorded in 1400–1450; origin uncertain

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How to use cocker in a sentence

  • Although Aubrey Herbert is excessively unorthodox he quite sees that confabs with enemies must be carried out according to cocker.

  • I know a fool of a dog who pretends that he is a cocker Spaniel, and is convinced that the world revolves round him wonderingly.

    Happy Days | Alan Alexander Milne
  • cocker spaniel Stein was never out of reach, or sight, and gave me the little attention I wanted.

    Cue for Quiet | Thomas L. Sherred
  • And then the wisdom of the West came to him, as epitomized by cocker along the lines laid down by Solomon.

  • But he had a good-looking eye; he had good sound feet; good bone, though his tail was hardly up to cocker.

British Dictionary definitions for cocker (1 of 3)

cocker1

/ (ˈkɒkə) /


noun
  1. a devotee of cockfighting

  2. short for cocker spaniel

British Dictionary definitions for cocker (2 of 3)

cocker2

/ (ˈkɒkə) /


verb
  1. (tr) rare to pamper or spoil by indulgence

noun
  1. British informal a mate (esp in the phrase old cocker)

Origin of cocker

2
C15: perhaps from cock 1 with the sense: to make a cock (i.e. pet) of

British Dictionary definitions for Cocker (3 of 3)

Cocker

/ (ˈkɒkə) /


noun
  1. according to Cocker reliable or reliably; correct or correctly

Origin of Cocker

3
from Edward Cocker (1631–75), English arithmetician

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