basker

English

Noun

basker (plural baskers)

  1. Short for basking shark.
    • 1992, BBC, BBC Wildlife
      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.

Noun

basker (plural baskers)

  1. One that basks.
    • 2003, University Press, Journal of Experimental Biology, Volume 206, Issue 7
      [] 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.

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • baskar (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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)

References


Swedish

Noun

basker c

  1. beret
  2. indefinite plural of bask

Declension

Declension of basker 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative basker baskern baskrar baskrarna
Genitive baskers baskerns baskrars baskrarnas
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