Dansker

See also: dansker

English

Etymology

Danish dansker

Noun

Dansker (plural Danskers)

1. (rare or obsolete) A Dane.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris […]

   • 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd‎^[1], London: Constable & Co.:

     He was an old Dansker long anglicized in the service […]

Anagrams

• Dankers, darkens, de-ranks, deranks, endarks, kendras, snarked