Definition of "aker" [aker]

• The old and regular spelling of acre (noun)

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• "All the islanders are more or less in the habit of anointing themselves; the women preferring the 'aker' to 'papa', and the men using the oil of the cocoanut."
• "All the islanders are more or less in the habit of anointing themselves; the women preferring the "aker" or "papa," and the men using the oil of the cocoa-nut."
• "However, Whit-aker's history stretches back 41 years."