acker
see also: Acker
Pronunciation
Acker
Proper noun
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see also: Acker
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈa.kə/
acker (plural ackers)
- (regional, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 436:
- The wide lovely lake lay in dreamy serenity, fretted with green undulations, ruffed with blue, patched with glades of lucid smoothness between the ackers [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 436:
acker (plural ackers)
- Obsolete form of acre#English|acre.
Acker
Proper noun
- Surname from Old English æcer.
- Surname from German, Old High (ca.750-1050) ackar.
- nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk
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