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▪ I. parker1|ˈpɑːkə(r)|
Also 4 parkere, 5 -are, parcare, -oure, 5–6 -ar, 6 perker.
[a. Anglo- F. parker (= OF. type *parquier), in med.L. parcārius, f. park n.: see -er2 2.]
1. A man who has charge of a park; a park-keeper. Obs. exc. Hist.
[1321–2Rolls of Parlt. I. 397/2 Ses geentz, c'est a savoir Johan soun Parker, & Richard [etc.]. ]1395in E.E. Wills (1882) 8, I bequethe to Roger, my parkere,..c.s. c1430Lydg. Lyke thyn Audience 28 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 26 Mawgre the wache of fosters and parkerrys. c1440Promp. Parv. 382/2 Parcare, indagator. 1483Cath. Angl. 269/2 A Parcoure (A. Parkare), parcarius. 1530Palsgr. 458/1 This parker blodyeth his clothes. 1643Prynne Sov. Power Parlt. iii. 17 If the Parker negligently suffer the Deere to be killed, or kill the Deere himselfe..it is a direct forfaiture of his Office. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) III. 147 An annual fee of 40l. had been given to the parker, issuing out of the king's manors in the county of Surry.
2. A rabbit that lives in a park.
1846P. Parley's Ann. VII. 325 Gamekeepers give various names to rabbits: with them they are warreners, parkers, sweethearts, and hedgehogs... The parker's favourite haunt is in gentlemen's pleasure grounds. 1870D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rur. Sports (ed. 3) §2683.
Hence † ˈparkership Obs., the office of parker.
1461Rolls of Parlt. V. 473/1 The Offices of Constableship..and Parkership of the same Castell. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 81 b, The office of a Parkershippe of a Parke. 1671Brydall Law Eng. relating to Nobility & Gentry (1675) 35 As if a Parkership be granted to an Earl.
▪ II. parker2|ˈpɑːkə(r)|
[f. park v. + -er1.]
1. One who parks a vehicle.
1930M. McClintock Rep. Parking & Garage Probl. Washington 78 (caption) Street obstruction by a desperate parker. 1959Encounter Aug. 32/2 He's used to pinching parkers on the broad highway. 1959Times 8 Dec. 5/6 Mr. Marples gave an example of the immunity these all-day parkers have enjoyed. 1974W. Garner Big enough Wreath xi. 151 Smith had the luck to find a car leaving the meter. He reversed fast..cutting out another would-be parker.
2. Austral. colloq. = parking light. Usu. pl.
1967S. H. Courtier Murder's Burning xiii. 187 Mr. Proctor switched on his tail lights and parkers. 1971R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel x. 179 Keep out of the way as soon as you see me switch the parkers on. 1971Southerly XXXI. 71 A prowl car told us to switch our parkers on. |