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Webster 1828 Edition
Aker
A'KER
,Noun.
Originally an open field. But in G. Britain the quantity of land in the aker is fixed by statute at four thousand eight hundred and forty square yards, making one hundred and sixty square rods, perches or poles; and this is the quantity of land it contains in the United States of America. [See Acre.]
Definition 2024
Aker
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English
Noun
aker (plural akers)
- Obsolete spelling of acre
- 1859, New England Historic Genealogical Society, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Digitized edition, S.G. Drake, published 2009, page 295:
- That all rates that shall arise upon the Towne shall be layed upon Lands accordinge to every ones p'portion aker for aker of howse lotts and aker for aker of meddowe both alike on this side and both alike on the other side …
Derived terms
- aker-staf
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *aker̄, from *ake- (“male animal”) (compare aketz (“boar”)).
Noun
aker
- he-goat, billy goat
Declension
"aker"
Related terms
DutchPronunciationEtymologyFrom Middle Dutch aker, from Old Dutch *akaran, from Proto-Germanic *akraną. Nounaker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n) SynonymsOld SwedishAlternative formsEtymologyFrom Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz. Nounaker m DeclensionDeclension of aker (a-stem)
Descendants
Serbo-CroatianNounaker m (Cyrillic spelling акер) VilamovianNounaker m
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