# balker

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that balks; a naysayer.
2. A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.

## Etymology
From balk + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/balker