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Noun
/ˈbärkər/,
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barkers, plural;
  1. A person who stands in front of a theater, sideshow, etc., and calls out to passersby to attract customers

  1. someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
  2. pooch: informal terms for dogs
  3. Barker (dates unknown) was an English amateur cricketer who made 6 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1785 to 1793.
  4. A barker is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, such as a circus or funfair, by exhorting passing public, describing attractions of show and emphasizing variety, novelty, beauty, or some other feature believed to incite listeners to attend entertainment. ...
  5. Barker is a surname of English origin, and may refer to: * Barker (Essex cricketer) (first name unknown) * Al Barker (1839–1912), American baseball player * Arj Barker (1974–), American comedian, actor * Arthur "Doc" Barker (1899–1939), American criminal * Ben Barker (1988–), British speedway ...
  6. A barker channel is a TV channel that is used almost entirely for promotion and advertising, usually marketing various features of the service carrying the channel. The name is derived from the circus barker, who stood outside a circus and shouted to passers-by to encourage them to enter the circus.
  7. The Barker is a 1928 romantic drama film which tells the story of a woman who comes between a man and his estranged son. It stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and released by First National Pictures in December 1928. ...
  8. Barkers Department Stores was a U.S. discount store chain in the 1960s and 1970s, operated by Franklin Stores Corporation of Bronx. In 1978 the Barkers name disappeared from the stores, as they were merged into the Kings Department Stores. The whole chain collapsed in 1982.
  9. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist George Barker (1776-1845)
  10. Someone or something who barks; A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival
  11. (Barkered) Slang for subjecting an enemy element to your zone of control or ZOC.  Derived from use of the Barker Marker to determine whether an element is within the Zone of Control.
  12. Machine used to remove bark from pulpwood (8).
  13. a person who removes bark from trees for use in tanning.
  14. a person who used colourful talk to entice potential customers into a show, or a person who used tree bark in the leather tanning process.
  15. Derogatory term for someone who can't or won't consider the implications of a strongly-held position. From Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, spotted in Earthside academic usage before the discovery of handwavium.
  16. F. K., Cibois, A., Schikler, P. A., Feinstein, J., & Cracraft, J. (2004): Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (30): 11040-11045. PDF fulltext Supporting information
  17. F. Keith; Barrowclough, George F. & Groth, Jeff G. (2002): A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds: taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data. Proc. R. Soc. B 269(1488): 295-308. doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1883 PDF fulltext
  18. Slang name for a pistol.
  19. Sausage – referring to dog meat