dogger

[daw-ger, dog-er]

noun

a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.

Origin of dogger

1325–75; Middle English < Middle Dutch dogge fishing boat + -er -er¹

dogger

[daw-ger, dog-er]

noun Metalworking.

an assistant at a drawbench.

Origin of dogger

dog + -er¹

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Historical Examples of dogger

How it came about that he was bound for the Dogger Bank needs explanation.
Chatterbox, 1905.
Various
In 1781 the Cleopatra was in the action off the Dogger Bank, but in 1783 was paid off.
Cornish Characters
S. Baring-Gould
That was about all I arrived in time to hear, but the "dogger" had been more fortunate.
Down the Yellowstone
Lewis R. Freeman
The Dogger Bank is frequented by numbers of French fishing-boats.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7
Various
The Dogger was at anchor, and the crew fishing, when the pirates attacked them.
The Pirates' Who's Who
Philip Gosse

British Dictionary definitions for dogger

dogger

noun

a Dutch fishing vessel with two masts

Word Origin for dogger

C14: probably from Middle Dutch dogge trawler

dogger

noun

a large concretion of consolidated material occurring in certain sedimentary rocks

Word Origin for dogger

C17: of uncertain origin

dogger

noun

Australian a hunter of dingoes

Word Origin for dogger

C20: from dog (see sense 2a) + -er 1

Dogger

noun

geology a formation of mid-Jurassic rocks in N England

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Word Origin and History for dogger

"two-masted fishing boat," used in North Sea fishery, mid-14c., of unknown origin. It likely is the source of the name Dogger Bank (1660s) for the great banks of shoals in the North Sea.