# meeker

Pronunciation: say "MEEK-er" US /ˈmikɚ/, UK /ˈmiːkə/

## Adjective

1. Comparative of meek. — comparative form of meek: more meek
   - Simple: Comparative of meek. Use it to say someone is more humble or gives way more easily than others.
   - _She was meeker than the other candidates and never once mentioned her own awards._
   - _Years under a harsh boss had left him meeker, quick to agree rather than argue._

## Other meanings

- (proper noun) A family name.
- (proper noun) The administrative center for Colorado's Rio Blanco County, a small town.
- (proper noun) An Oklahoma community, incorporated as a town, within Lincoln County.
- (proper noun) A small community without its own town government in Marion County, Ohio.
- (proper noun) A West Virginia settlement with no municipal government, situated within Tyler County.
- (proper noun) A settlement, no longer existing as a separate place, now absorbed into Germantown, a Wisconsin village in Washington County.
- (verb) To break up clods and smooth the surface of soil by working it with a harrow.

## Origin

Taken from the brand name of a maker of harrows.

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