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saker


1. <zoology> A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.

The female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or sakeret.

The peregrine falcon.

2. A small piece of artillery. "On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers." (Macaulay) "The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart." (Hawthorne)

Origin: F. Sacre (cf. It. Sagro, Sp. & Pg. Sacre), either fr. L. Sacer sacred, holy, as a translation of Gr. Falcon, from holy, or more probably from Ar. Agr hawk

Alternative forms: sacar, sacre.

Source: Websters Dictionary