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Mucker

//ˈmʌkə(ɹ)// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Friend, acquaintance. Northern-Ireland, Southern-England, UK, slang

    "Fancy a pint, me old mucker?"

  2. 2
    A follower of the religious teachings of Johann Heinrich Schönherr (1770–1826) and Johann Wilhelm Ebel (1784–1861). historical
  3. 3
    A comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation. British-Army, slang

    "Go and talk to your mucker!"

  4. 4
    A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
  5. 5
    A low or vulgar labourer. archaic, derogatory
Verb
  1. 1
    To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts. obsolete, transitive

    "In tyme of plentie the riche too vpp mucker Corne, Grayne, or Chafre hopinge vppon dearthe."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From muck + -er.

Etymology 2

From muck + -er.

Etymology 3

From German Mucker (“grumbler”).

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