barker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: barker	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for barker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barker n someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers informal terms for dogs Synonym(s): pooch, doggie, doggy, barker, bow-wow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barker \Bark"er\, n. 1. An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably. 2. One who stands at the doors of shops to urg[?] passers by to make purchases. [Cant, Eng.] 3. A pistol. [Slang] --Dickens. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The spotted redshank.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barker \Bark"er\, n. One who strips trees of their bark.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Barker, NY (village, FIPS 4440) Location: 43.32741 N, 78.55384 W Population (1990): 569 (224 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14012