▪ I. wracker1 rare.
(ˈrækə(r))
[f. wrack v.2 + -er1.]
One who wrecks, ruins, or subverts.
| 1611 Cotgr., Ruineur, a ruiner, wracker, spoyler. |
▪ II. † wracker2 Obs. rare.
[f. wrack v.3 + -er1, or ad. MLG. wraker (whence Da. vrager sorter).]
= wraker.
| 1584 [see wraker]. 1719 in Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scot. (1885) V. 217 By means of wrackers of herrings to be imported there. Ibid., To appoint..ane overseer of these wrackers. |
▪ III. wracker3 rare.
(ˈrækə(r))
[f. wrack n.2 3 + -er1 1. Cf. vraicker.]
One who collects wrack, vraic, or seaweed.
| 1833 Fraser's Mag. VII. 293 The Norman wrackers, as they gathered sea-weed on the beach. |
▪ IV. wracker
obs. var. racker1.
| 1736 Ainsworth i, Contortor,..a wracker, or wrester. |