balker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone or something that balks; a naysayer.
  2. A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.

Word forms

balker balkers

Etymology

From balk + -er.

Synonyms

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