raker

¹

[ rey-ker ]

noun

1. a person or thing that rakes. rake.
2. raker tooth.

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

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

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

“So we left, too,” Raker said.

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post

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 …”

From Los Angeles Times