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Vinony

docker

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɑkɚ/

name

Etymology: Probably from Old Norse dǫkk (“hollow”) + erg (“hill-pasture”).

  1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district and Westmorland (OS grid ref SD5695).
  2. A hamlet in Whittington parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5774).
  3. A small town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.
  4. An English habitational surname from Old Norse.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English docker From dock (noun) + -er.

  1. Synonym of dockworker.