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wrecker

/ˈɹekə/REH-kur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɹɛkɚ/REH-kur

Meaningone who wrecks

Common meaning: a person who wrecks or salvages

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwrec‘expulsion, banishment, misery’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwraksource
  3. Englishwreck‘a ruined ship’
  4. Englishformed in English from wreckwrecker‘a person who wrecks or salvages’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from wreck + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WRECK, p.720 · scan

Source words

  • wrec Old English · source word “driftage, expulsion”

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