\Lak"er\, n.
One that is connected with a lake or lakes, as in habitation,
toil, etc.:
(a) One of the poets of the Lake school. See {Lake poets},
    under {Lake}, n.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) A fish living in, or taken from, a lake, esp.
    the namaycush.
(c) A lake steamer or canal boat.
          The bridge tender . . . thought the Cowies ``a
          little mite'' longer than that laker. --The
                                               Century.