waker

See also: Waker

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English wakyr, from Old English wacor, waccor (“watchful, vigilant”), from Proto-West Germanic *wakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake, watchful”), equivalent to wake +‎ -er.

Cognate with Scots wakir (“watchful”), Dutch wakker (“awake”), German wacker (“awake, alert, capable, brave”), Swedish vacker (“wakeful, watchful, fair, comely”). Also precisely cognate with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, “adamantine”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wóǵ-ros (“strong, lively”), and therefore a doublet of vajra. Further related through the same Indo-European root to vigil, vigor, and vegetable.

Adjective

waker (comparative more waker, superlative most waker)

1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) Watchful; vigilant; alert.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wakere, equivalent to wake +‎ -er. Compare West Frisian wekker (“alarm clock”, literally “waker”), Dutch wekker, German Wecker.

Noun

waker (plural wakers)

1. One who wakens or arouses from sleep.

   an early waker

2. One who wakes somebody or something.
3. (non-native speakers) An alarm clock.
4. (programming) In the Rust programming language, a handle that "wakes up" a task by notifying its executor that it is ready to be run.

Related terms

• waker-upper

Anagrams

• kewra, wrake, wreak

Dutch

Etymology

From waken (“to watch”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː.kər/

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• Rhymes: -aːkər
• Hyphenation: wa‧ker

Noun

waker m (plural wakers, diminutive wakertje n)

1. watchman

   Synonym: wachter

Descendants

• → Indonesian: waker

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch waker (“watchman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwakər/
• Hyphenation: wa‧ker

Noun

waker (plural waker-waker)

1. (colloquial) night guard

   Synonyms: hansip, penjaga malam

   Ruslan yang tumbuh besar di sekitar wilayah tersebut merasakan perubahan yang signifikan setelah tidak adanya waker.

   Ruslan, who grew up around the area, felt a significant change after the night guard was gone.