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kirker rare.|ˈkɜːkə(r)| [f. kirk n. + -er1.] A member or adherent of the ‘kirk’, i.e. the Church of Scotland. Now Obs. exc. colloq. in comb., as Auld Kirker (an adherent of the ‘auld kirk’), Free Kirker.
1680G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 5 Which is the Kirk, and Kirkers usual sence of free grace, according to the Assemblies larger and shorter Catechisms. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit II. 310 Twenty Episcopals..to one Kirker of the Calvinistical Order. 1893Daily News 10 June 5/8 ‘What aboot..the ministers wha are na' auld Kirkers?’ his companion,..a Free Kirker, rejoined. |