Laker \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) (Zool.) A fish living in, or taken from, a lake, esp. the
namaycush.
(c) A lake steamer or canal boat.
[1913 Webster]
The bridge tender . . . thought the Cowies "a
little mite" longer than that laker. --The Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]