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Definition of Saker

Saker
Saker Sa"ker (s[=a]"k[~e]r), n. [F. sacre (cf. It. sagro, Sp. & Pg. sacre), either fr. L. sacer sacred, holy, as a translation of Gr. "ie`rax falcon, from "iero`s holy, or more probably from Ar. [,c]aqr hawk.] [Written also sacar, sacre.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner. Note: The female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or sakeret. (b) The peregrine falcon. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) A small piece of artillery. --Wilhelm. On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers. --Macaulay. The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart. --Hawthorne.

Meaning of Saker from wikipedia

- Look up saker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saker may refer to: Saker falcon (Falco cherrug), a species of falcon Saker (cannon), a type of cannon...
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- Sakal (meaning "Morning") is a Marathi-language daily newspaper by Sakal Media Group, its headquarters established in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sakal...
- name charg for a female saker. The common name saker comes from the (Arabic: صقر, romanized: Ṣaqr) meaning "falcon". The saker falcon is a large hierofalcon...
- HMS Saker, also known as HMS Saker I, HMS Saker II and HMS Saker III, has historically been the ship to which Royal Naval personnel serving in the United...
- Saker (Saker Sports Cars) are designed and built in Feilding, New Zealand by Bruce Turnbull of Turnbull Engineering from 1989 to 2002. Turnbull has been...
- Edward Sloman Saker (30 September 1838 – 29 March 1883) was a British actor-manager. He was ****isted in all things by his wife Emily Saker. Saker was born...
- Sinan Sakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Синан Сакић; 13 October 1956 – 1 June 2018) was a Serbian pop-folk singer. Sakić first reached m****ive po****rity as a...
- in Urban Planning. In 1982, Saker joined Sotheby's and established the first Sotheby's office in Israel. In 2006, Saker was appointed chair of Sotheby's...
- Dinko Šakić (Croatian pronunciation: [dîːŋko ʃǎkit͡ɕ]; 8 September 1921 – 20 July 2008) was a Croatian Ustaše official who commanded the Jasenovac concentration...