Lak"er (?), n.
One that is
connected with a lake or lakes, as in habitation, toil, etc.:
(a)
One of the poets of the Lake school. See
Lake poets, under Lake, n.
(b)
(Zool.)
A fish living in, or
taken from, a lake, esp. the namaycush.
(c)
A lake steamer or canal boat.
The bridge tender . . . thought the Cowies "a little
mite" longer than that laker. The
Century.
© Webster 1913.