Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who wakes or rouses from sleep.
- noun One who watches; a watcher.
- noun One who attends a wake.
- Watchful; vigilant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who wakes.
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- adjective
Watchful ;vigilant ;alert . - noun One who
wakes somebody or something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who awakes
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fritz the next morning: "It was not necessary to set the 'waker' to go off, as I know enough to send 'Chake' home when it's time."
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Edith Matilda Thomas 1889
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To learn to take the universe seriously there is no quicker way than to watch -- to be a "waker," as the country-people call it.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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Pell found the ride altogether unsatisfactory; he referred to the sleeper train as a “waker” and described it as “one of the roughest rides since the stagecoach.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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Hillary needs to waker up and realize that she has lied too much and that her lies caused her this mess that she is in, also her husband Bill is the King of divisiveness and she is the queen, although McCain is the Grand PooBah!
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Pell found the ride altogether unsatisfactory; he referred to the sleeper train as a “waker” and described it as “one of the roughest rides since the stagecoach.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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Pell found the ride altogether unsatisfactory; he referred to the sleeper train as a “waker” and described it as “one of the roughest rides since the stagecoach.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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June 15, 2009 at 11:13 am noooo nawt teh weed waker! ai aint a weed! hao dere u!
Yeah – you were rite Pete - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Crawls into bed with parents several more times to establish his dominance as the alpha waker.
Perfect Storm (Lack of Sleep Edition) jimhines 2009
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This is Link as he appears in games like the minish cap, wind waker, phantom hourglass and spirit tracks.
Toon Link Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2009
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Fallout 3, the legend of zelda: the wind waker comments:
Post-Apocalyptia Done Bright Sean Beanland 2009
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