Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saker

/ˈseɪkɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: sak-er
IPA: /ˈseɪkɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A falcon (Falco cherrug) native of Southern Europe and Asia.

noun

A medium cannon slightly smaller than a culverin developed during the early 17th century.

Example Sentences

"This place of strength vvas furnished of sixe great peeces, demi-Culuerins, and Sakers, vvhich shot directlie in front vpon vs as vve approched."
"Let Sacars, Culuerings, and Cannons ſound / In honour of their bones, and rock the ground / With all your deafning terrors: for behold / The Balſum for your wounds, are rich mens gold, / Powder the world with wonder, and thus crie, / The Camel now may paſſe the needles eie."
"Of warlike engines he was author, / Devised for quick despatch of slaughter: / The cannon, blunderbuss, and saker, / He was th' inventor of, and maker: […]"

Etymology

From Middle English sacre, from Middle French sacre, from Old Spanish sacro, from Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sacre, sacro, صَقْر, ص ق ر

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈseɪkɚ/
British English: /ˈseɪkə/

Inflected Forms

sakers (plural) sacar (alternative) sacker (alternative)

Synonyms

Saker falcon

Homonyms

sacre

Rhymes With

maker baker acre breaker taker shaker quaker laker faker straker raker staker

Questions

How do you pronounce saker?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈseɪkɚ/.
What does saker mean?: A falcon (Falco cherrug) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
Where does saker come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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