basker

English

Etymology 1

Noun

basker (plural baskers)

1. Short for basking shark.
   • 1992, BBC Wildlife‎^[1], BBC:

     We'd had our first encounter with a basking shark, and, metaphorically at least, this gigantic, strange beast had me firmly in its jaws. Out of our wetsuits and back on dry land, we headed for the marine laboratories at Port Erin on the south of the island to meet biologist Jill Strawbridge. Coming face to face with a basker had whetted my appetite, and I was keen to get to the bottom of some of the mysteries surrounding Cetorhinus maximus.

Etymology 2

From bask +‎ -er.

Noun

basker (plural baskers)

1. One who or that which basks; agent noun of bask.
   • 2003, Journal of Experimental Biology‎^[2], volume 206, number 7, University Press:

     […] they needed an animal that was content to bask in various different conditions. What they hadn't banked on was that their ideal basker, would come equipped with a bad attitude and fearsome set of teeth: 'crocodiles are the perfect model organism for this study' explains Seebacher, because they are happy to bask both in and out of water.

2. Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Urothemis, endemic to Africa and Asia.

Anagrams

• Abreks, Brakes, baker's, bakers, brakes, breaks

Danish

Noun

basker c (singular definite baskeren, plural indefinite baskere)

1. Basque (person)

Declension

Declension of basker

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	basker	baskeren	baskere	baskerne
genitive	baskers	baskerens	baskeres	baskernes

Further reading

• “basker” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish basco, vasco, from Latin vasco, from vascones, supposedly meaning "foresters".

Noun

basker m (definite singular baskeren, indefinite plural baskere, definite plural baskerne)

1. a Basque (member of a people)

Related terms

• baskisk

See also

• baskar (Nynorsk)

References

• “basker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “basker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “basker” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Basque”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

basker c

1. beret
2. indefinite plural of bask

Declension

Declension of basker

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	basker	baskers
	definite	baskern	baskerns
plural	indefinite	baskrar	baskrars
	definite	baskrarna	baskrarnas

Anagrams

• beskar