balker n 1: a person who refuses to comply [syn: {balker}, {baulker}, {noncompliant}]
Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See last {Balk}.] A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer. [1913 Webster]
Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See 2d {Balk}.] One who, or that which, balks. [1913 Webster]