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forker

noun

Etymology

From fork + -er.

  1. derived from *perg-✻ — “pole, post”
  2. derived from *furkaz✻
  3. derived from *ǵʰerk(ʷ)-✻
  4. derived from forque
  5. derived from furca — “pitchfork, forked stake; gallows, beam, stake, support post, yoke”
  6. inherited from *furkō✻ — “fork”
  7. inherited from force
  8. inherited from forke — “digging fork”
  9. suffixed as forker — “fork + er”

Definitions

  1. An agricultural laborer who uses a fork.

  2. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA