English

Proper noun

Cocker

1. A surname​.

English

Noun

cocker ‎(plural cockers)

1. (dated) One who breeds gamecocks or arranges cockfights.
2. (dated) One who hunts gamecocks.
   1. (colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting gamecocks.

Derived terms

• cocker spaniel

Etymology 2

From Middle English coker "a quiver, boot" from Old English cocer "quiver, case" from Proto-Germanic *kukur- ‎(“container, case”). More at quiver.

Noun

cocker ‎(plural cockers)

1. A rustic high shoe, half-boots

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English cokeren ‎(“to pamper, coddle”); compare Welsh cocru ‎(“to indulge, fondle”), French coqueliner ‎(“to dandle, to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls”), and English cockle and cock ‎(“rooster; to spoil”).

Noun

cocker ‎(plural cockers)

1. (Britain, informal) Friend, mate.
   • 1993, Wesker, Arnold, Bluey:

     I been to see 'im. Not pretty. Ward sister tell me 'e'll be alright but not for a while yet. Concussion. Bloody 'ell! Lucky 'e wasn't killed, lump of lead like that. Lucky for you too, cocker...

   • 2004, Townsend, Sue, Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction, ISBN 9780718146900, page 361:

     He said, 'Not my cup of Darjeeling, cocker. I've been more intellectually challenged at a kiddies' swimming gala.'

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:friend

Derived terms

• old cocker

Verb

cocker ‎(third-person singular simple present cockers, present participle cockering, simple past and past participle cockered)

1. To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (particularly of children)

   1611, King James Bible, Ecclesiasticus, xxx. 9

   Cocker thy childe, and hee ſhall make thee afraid: play with him and he will bring thee to heauinesse.

   • J. Ingelow

     Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up.

Derived terms

• cocker up

French

Etymology

English

Noun

cocker m ‎(plural cockers)

1. cocker spaniel

Italian

Noun

cocker m ‎(invariable)

1. cocker spaniel