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raker

1

[ rey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that rakes. rake.


raker

2

[ rey-ker ]

noun

, Building Trades.
  1. an inclined member, as a pile or shore.

ˈraker

/ ˈreɪkə /

noun

  1. a person who rakes
  2. a raking implement
  3. dialect.
    a large lump of coal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of raker1

1325–75; Middle English. See rake 1, -er 1

Origin of raker2

First recorded in 1880–85; rake 3 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Chris Raker moved into 145 Tanager Ct. six weeks ago with a roommate.

“So we left, too,” Raker said.

“You’d think a small grass fire, no problem,” Raker said.

Michael Weiss and Jill Raker, managing partners of Greenbriar, will join Uber Freight’s board, the ride-hailing company said in a statement.

From Reuters

“Viola, from New Orleans-ah, an African Woman, was the 19th century’s rescue worker, a global business goods raker, combed, tilled the land of Commerce, giving America a certain extra extra excess culture, to cultivate it, making home for aliens not registered, made business of the finer, finer, had occupations, darning thread not leisure with reason and with luster, in ‘peek-a-boo’ racial disguises …”

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