See Barker

English

Pronunciation

• : Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɑː(r)kə(r)|-ɑː(r)kə(r)

Etymology 1

From bark#Etymology_2|bark (the animal noise sense) + -er.

Noun

1. Someone or something who bark#Etymology_2|barks.
2. : My neighbor's dog is a constant barker that keeps me awake at night.
3. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
4. : Bob had amassed a considerable stockpile of double entendres from his days working as a barker for a strip joint.

Etymology 2

From bark#Etymology_1|bark (the tree sense) + -er.

Noun

1. A person that removes the bark#Etymology_1|bark from wood, or prepares it for use in tanning.
2. : The profession of barker has been made largely obsolete by the introduction of more effective tanning agents, but it lives on as a surname.
3. A machine used to remove the bark from wood.
4. : Run these logs through the barker so we can use them as fence posts.

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