▪ I. † ˈpunker Obs.
[f. punk n.1 or v. + -er1.]
One who frequents the company of punks.
| 1736 Addison tr. Petronius Arbiter 87 He was a great Punker, and nothing that wore a Cap came amiss to him. |
▪ II. punker, n.2 colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.).
(ˈpʌŋkə(r))
[f. punk n.3 + -er1, perh. as a shorter form of punk-rocker n.; punk alone, the short form in the U.K., has other well-established senses in N. America.]
A punk-rocker.
| 1977 Rolling Stone 19 May 37/4 She didn't like the punkers one bit. 1982 M. Atwood Bodily Harm i. 12 He had a massive head, with the hair clipped short like a punker's. 1988 P. Monette Borrowed Time vi. 141 We threaded our way down the jammed sidewalks..with punkers and beer drinkers, queens and commoners. |
▪ III. punker
obs. erron. f. punkah.