Definition of "cocker" [cock•er]

• A cocker spaniel. (noun)
• A person who keeps or trains gamecocks. (noun)
• A person who promotes or attends cockfights. (noun)
• To pamper, spoil, or coddle. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The most serious objection to the use of the cocker is the difficulty of teaching him to distinguish his game, and confine himself within bounds; for he will too often flush everything that comes within his reach."
• "But the wavy-coated breed we officially call the cocker spaniel came later."
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