rocker

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
  2. noun a performer or composer or fan of rock music
  3. noun a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles

Etymology

From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.

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