name
Meaning 1
A surname from Hindi.
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Standard Lemma guide
shanker
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CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 NG K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who shanks (in any of various senses).
One who shanks a golf ball.
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noun
Meaning 3
One who shanks (in any of various senses).
One who glues the shank into a shoe.
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noun
Meaning 4
Obsolete form of chancre.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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History
Etymology
Variant of Shankar.
From shank + -er.
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