wakern.¹

Brit.

/ˈweɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈweɪkər/

Etymology: < wake v. + -er suffix¹.

†1. One who ‘wakes’ or abstains from sleep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > one who stays awake

wakerc1290

watcher1509

c1290 St. Michael 691 in S. Eng. Leg. 319 Hardi and liȝt and stalewarde and wakiare wel guod.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxx. 112 The spare feeder or great waker, needeth not any such kinde of physicke.

2. One who awakes (early, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific being or becoming awake > one who

wakera1637

startler1810

wakener1857

waker-upper1935

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. vi. 11 in Wks. (1640) III Late Watchers are no early Wakers, Madam.

1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. v. 12 Men who will not fear The baptism of the holy morning dew, (And many of such wakers now are here..).

1893 A. Mackenzie in Independent (N.Y.) 19 Oct. The early waker.

†3.

a. One who watches; a watcher, watchman. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [noun] > one who

waker1382

veilc1390

watch1484

watcher1525

observator1611

eye1837

watch-keeper1900

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Dan. iv. 10 [13] And loo! the waker, and holy came doun from heuen.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xvi. 424 Cranes ordeyne watches and the waker stondyth vpon oo fote.

c1400 W. Langland Piers Plowman (Harl.) A. v. 223 Til he woke & wept water wiþ his iȝen, & vigilate þe wakere warned him þo.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Song of Sol. iii. 3 Wakeris, that kepen the citee, founden me.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 187 Sche ros opynly, in syȝt of alle here wakerys, & roryng went out at þe cherche-dore.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Wauker, a watchman, one who watches clothes during night.

b. dialect. One who sits up with a sick person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > who sits up with sick person

waker1798

1798 W. Hutton Life 68 I had left her as usual with the waker and my daughter, and had slept two hours.

4. One who rouses another from sleep; figurative one who excites or stirs up (some feeling, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [noun] > that which causes emotion > one who or that which stirs the emotions

waker1390

stingc1412

wakener1513

awaker1611

impressor1631

quickener1819

button pusher1990

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > one who

arearera1382

rearera1382

waker1390

raisera1400

awakener1598

awaker1611

rouser1611

excitator1688

arouser1869

waker-upper1935

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 107 That is for I se hire noght, Which is the wakere of mi thoght.

1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares Ep. Ded. sig. A3 ^v Sorrowe is the sister of mercy, and a waker of compassion.

1722 in W. Andrews Curios. Ch. (1890) 181 Paid to sluggard waker, 0 10 0.

1903 Daily Chron. 15 Dec. 5/2 In the districts where London working men live..sixpence a week from each client is the usual ‘waker's’ wage.

1913 Ditchfield Parish Clerk (ed. 2) 264 One Sunday the ‘waker’ sighted his prey.

5. One who wakes (a corpse).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > vigil or wake > one who

watcher?1553

waker1808

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lamentation or expression of grief for death > [noun] > one who

mournera1425

keener1786

waker1808

1808 T. Moore Corruption 172 Nay, when the Constitution has expir'd, I'll have such men, like Irish wakers, hir'd To chant old ‘Habeas Corpus’ by its side.

1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air xi. 139 But to hear the wakers at their trade you would think the deceased was Giant MacCaskill.

Derivatives

waker-upper n. colloquial (a) (with qualifying adjective) in sense 2; (b) = sense 4 (cf. wake v. 8a). colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific being or becoming awake > one who

wakera1637

startler1810

wakener1857

waker-upper1935

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > one who

arearera1382

rearera1382

waker1390

raisera1400

awakener1598

awaker1611

rouser1611

excitator1688

arouser1869

waker-upper1935

1935 Morgantown (W. Va.) Post 7 Jan. 5/1 Henderson..serves as..waker-upper, and general handy man.

1966 ‘D. Shannon’ With Vengeance x. 132 He slept so heavily as to need an ‘arrangement’ with a waker-upper.

1971 ‘E. Fenwick’ Impeccable People vi. 35 Louise..stood quiet, blinking... ‘Sorry,..I'm a slow waker-upper. Let's go and have the coffee.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† wakeradj.

Forms: Also Old English wacor, wæcer, Middle English wakir(e, wakyr (Middle English Scottish walkyr), (Middle English wakare).

Etymology: Old English wacor = West Frisian wakker wakeful (also as adverb, very), Middle Dutch, (Middle) Low German wacker (Dutch wakker ), Old High German wacchar , wahhar (Middle High German wacher , wacker , modern German wacker valiant), Old Norse vakr wakeful, alert (Danish vakker , Middle Swedish vakar watchful, Swedish vakker handsome) < Old Germanic *wakro- < *wak- : see wake v.

Obsolete.

Unsleeping, watchful, vigilant. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adjective]

wakerc1000

watchingOE

wakingc1175

wakerlyc1400

circumspect1430

vigilant?a1500

prick-eared?1550

invigilant1570

vigil?1576

wakeful1589

eyeful1594

open-eyed1601

argus-eyed1603

watchful1603

alert1618

awake1619

vigilant1655

guardful1749

c1000 Laws Cnut i. xxvi Þonne moton þa hyrdas beon swyde wacore.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 13 Ðe ðridde [werke of brihtnesse] is þat man be waker and liht and snel and seli and erliche rise.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 127 & seinte peter..bit us beon wakere & bisi in hali beoden.

a1272 Luue Ron 150 in Old Eng. Misc. 97 Wyþ þeoues,..Þu most beo waker and snel.

c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 358 The wakyr goos, the cokkow most onkynde.

c1410 Lantern of Light 25 Wel auȝt suche a man to be waker & wise þat haþ þe greet God Lord of Israel dwelling in hise soule.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 283 Thai war better, mare wakir and hable to the weris..throu hardness of lyfing.

?c1530 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 60 Waker howndes been profitable.

1560 tr. Pope Pius II Hist. Ladye Lucres & Eurialus (new ed.) F viii b The waker dragon dyd neuer keepe so well the golden fleece.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	waker
释义	wakern.¹ Brit. /ˈweɪkə/, U.S. /ˈweɪkər/ Etymology: < wake v. + -er suffix¹. †1. One who ‘wakes’ or abstains from sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > one who stays awake wakerc1290 watcher1509 c1290 St. Michael 691 in S. Eng. Leg. 319 Hardi and liȝt and stalewarde and wakiare wel guod. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxx. 112 The spare feeder or great waker, needeth not any such kinde of physicke. 2. One who awakes (early, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific being or becoming awake > one who wakera1637 startler1810 wakener1857 waker-upper1935 a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. vi. 11 in Wks. (1640) III Late Watchers are no early Wakers, Madam. View more context for this quotation 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. v. 12 Men who will not fear The baptism of the holy morning dew, (And many of such wakers now are here..). 1893 A. Mackenzie in Independent (N.Y.) 19 Oct. The early waker. †3. a. One who watches; a watcher, watchman. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [noun] > one who waker1382 veilc1390 watch1484 watcher1525 observator1611 eye1837 watch-keeper1900 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Dan. iv. 10 [13] And loo! the waker, and holy came doun from heuen. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xvi. 424 Cranes ordeyne watches and the waker stondyth vpon oo fote. c1400 W. Langland Piers Plowman (Harl.) A. v. 223 Til he woke & wept water wiþ his iȝen, & vigilate þe wakere warned him þo. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Song of Sol. iii. 3 Wakeris, that kepen the citee, founden me. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 187 Sche ros opynly, in syȝt of alle here wakerys, & roryng went out at þe cherche-dore. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Wauker, a watchman, one who watches clothes during night. b. dialect. One who sits up with a sick person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > who sits up with sick person waker1798 1798 W. Hutton Life 68 I had left her as usual with the waker and my daughter, and had slept two hours. 4. One who rouses another from sleep; figurative one who excites or stirs up (some feeling, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [noun] > that which causes emotion > one who or that which stirs the emotions waker1390 stingc1412 wakener1513 awaker1611 impressor1631 quickener1819 button pusher1990 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > one who arearera1382 rearera1382 waker1390 raisera1400 awakener1598 awaker1611 rouser1611 excitator1688 arouser1869 waker-upper1935 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 107 That is for I se hire noght, Which is the wakere of mi thoght. 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares Ep. Ded. sig. A3 ^v Sorrowe is the sister of mercy, and a waker of compassion. 1722 in W. Andrews Curios. Ch. (1890) 181 Paid to sluggard waker, 0 10 0. 1903 Daily Chron. 15 Dec. 5/2 In the districts where London working men live..sixpence a week from each client is the usual ‘waker's’ wage. 1913 Ditchfield Parish Clerk (ed. 2) 264 One Sunday the ‘waker’ sighted his prey. 5. One who wakes (a corpse). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > vigil or wake > one who watcher?1553 waker1808 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lamentation or expression of grief for death > [noun] > one who mournera1425 keener1786 waker1808 1808 T. Moore Corruption 172 Nay, when the Constitution has expir'd, I'll have such men, like Irish wakers, hir'd To chant old ‘Habeas Corpus’ by its side. 1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air xi. 139 But to hear the wakers at their trade you would think the deceased was Giant MacCaskill. Derivatives waker-upper n. colloquial (a) (with qualifying adjective) in sense 2; (b) = sense 4 (cf. wake v. 8a). colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific being or becoming awake > one who wakera1637 startler1810 wakener1857 waker-upper1935 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > one who arearera1382 rearera1382 waker1390 raisera1400 awakener1598 awaker1611 rouser1611 excitator1688 arouser1869 waker-upper1935 1935 Morgantown (W. Va.) Post 7 Jan. 5/1 Henderson..serves as..waker-upper, and general handy man. 1966 ‘D. Shannon’ With Vengeance x. 132 He slept so heavily as to need an ‘arrangement’ with a waker-upper. 1971 ‘E. Fenwick’ Impeccable People vi. 35 Louise..stood quiet, blinking... ‘Sorry,..I'm a slow waker-upper. Let's go and have the coffee.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † wakeradj. Forms: Also Old English wacor, wæcer, Middle English wakir(e, wakyr (Middle English Scottish walkyr), (Middle English wakare). Etymology: Old English wacor = West Frisian wakker wakeful (also as adverb, very), Middle Dutch, (Middle) Low German wacker (Dutch wakker ), Old High German wacchar , wahhar (Middle High German wacher , wacker , modern German wacker valiant), Old Norse vakr wakeful, alert (Danish vakker , Middle Swedish vakar watchful, Swedish vakker handsome) < Old Germanic wakro- < wak- : see wake v. Obsolete. Unsleeping, watchful, vigilant. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adjective] wakerc1000 watchingOE wakingc1175 wakerlyc1400 circumspect1430 vigilant?a1500 prick-eared?1550 invigilant1570 vigil?1576 wakeful1589 eyeful1594 open-eyed1601 argus-eyed1603 watchful1603 alert1618 awake1619 vigilant1655 guardful1749 c1000 Laws Cnut i. xxvi Þonne moton þa hyrdas beon swyde wacore. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 13 Ðe ðridde [werke of brihtnesse] is þat man be waker and liht and snel and seli and erliche rise. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 127 & seinte peter..bit us beon wakere & bisi in hali beoden. a1272 Luue Ron 150 in Old Eng. Misc. 97 Wyþ þeoues,..Þu most beo waker and snel. c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 358 The wakyr goos, the cokkow most onkynde. c1410 Lantern of Light 25 Wel auȝt suche a man to be waker & wise þat haþ þe greet God Lord of Israel dwelling in hise soule. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 283 Thai war better, mare wakir and hable to the weris..throu hardness of lyfing. ?c1530 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 60 Waker howndes been profitable. 1560 tr. Pope Pius II Hist. Ladye Lucres & Eurialus (new ed.) F viii b The waker dragon dyd neuer keepe so well the golden fleece. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹c1290adj.c1000
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wakern.1

Derivatives

† wakeradj.

wakern.¹