diker

English

Alternative forms

• dyker

Etymology

dike +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Homophone: duiker

Noun

diker (plural dikers)

1. One who digs or works on dykes; a ditcher.
   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 28, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 386:

     Their armour and weapons were found at times, by delvers and dykers, for centuries after; are found at times unto this day, beneath the rich drained cornfields which now fill up that black half-mile[.]

2. (Scotland, Northern England) One who builds stone walls, usually dry-stone without lime.

Anagrams

• Ikerd, dirke, irked