laker

[ley-ker]

noun

1. a person associated with a lake, as a resident, visitor, or worker.

2. a ship designed for navigating on lakes, lake, especially the Great Lakes.

3. a fish found in lakes lake or caught in a lake, especially the lake trout.

4. (initial capital letter),  any one of the Lake Poets.

laker

/ ˈleɪkə /

noun

1. a cargo vessel used on lakes

Word History and Origins

Origin of laker¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; lake ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“It was a lot of shock. I felt Dallas was my home. I had many friends there. The fans always supported me. I didn’t want to upset Dallas fans. And I didn’t want to upset Laker fans.”

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It’s the day after Doncic signed his new extension, and the senior Laker and billionaire, on the last stretch of vacation, is taking a moment to rhapsodize all things Luka.

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He’s already gone back to play the Mavericks as a Laker—he dumped 45 points as L.A. won and the Dallas crowd chanted “Fire Nico,” an in-house rebuke of the Mavericks general manager, Nico Harrison.

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If everything goes to plan, Doncic is not going anywhere until he’s won Laker titles and written league history of his own.

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A nearby laker survived the ordeal, and many have speculated about precisely what caused the Edmund Fitzgerald to sink.

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