barker

Meanings

1. Someone or something who barks.
2. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
3. A shelf-talker.
4. A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
5. A pistol.
6. The spotted redshank.

1. A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
2. A tanner.
3. A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.

1. An English surname originating as an occupation.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A town in Broome County, New York.
4. A village in Niagara County, New York.
5. An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
6. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
7. A village in Colonia department, Uruguay.

Etymology

From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) + -er.