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moonraker

noun
/ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kə/UK/ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kɚ/US

Etymology

From moon + raker. (someone from Wiltshire): After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a shallow pool, tried to rake it out.

  1. derived from *rakō✻
  2. derived from rák — “strip; stripe; furrow; small mountain ravine”
  3. derived from *h₃reǵ-✻ — “to straighten, right oneself”
  4. derived from *rakō✻ — “path, track; course, direction; an unfolding, unwinding; account, narrative; argument, reasoning”
  5. inherited from racu — “bed of a stream; path; account, narrative; explanation; argument, reasoning; reason”
  6. inherited from rake
  7. suffixed as raker — “rake + er”
  8. compounded as moonraker — “moon + raker”

Definitions

  1. Someone from Wiltshire.

  2. A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.

  3. Alternative form of moonraker (“someone from Wiltshire”).

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