name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured
2. 2
   cokernel informal
3. 3
   A cocaine addict, a cokehead derogatory, slang

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A town in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States.
3. 3
   A former community now in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States, founded by John Coker (soldier).

Etymology

Etymology 1

From coke + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

Etymology 2

Clipping of cokernel.

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