craker

See also: Craker

English

Etymology

From crake +‎ -er.

Noun

craker (plural crakers)

  1. (obsolete) One who boasts; a braggart.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “craker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

From craken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrakər/, /ˈkraːkər/

Noun

craker (plural crakers)

  1. (Late Middle English) boaster

Descendants

  • English: cracker
  • Yola: crawker

References

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