# punker

Pronunciation: US say "PUNG-ker" /ˈpʌŋkɚ/; UK say "PUNG-kuh" /ˈpʌŋkə/

## Noun

1. A musician known for playing punk rock, or a fan of that kind of music. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A person who plays punk rock music or is a big fan of it.
   - _Some old punker in a studded jacket kept shouting requests for songs from 1979._
   - _Every Friday night the little club downtown filled up with punkers and their safety pins._
2. Archaic form of punkah. *(archaic, Myanmar, South Asia)* — Archaic form of punkah.
   - Simple: An old spelling of punkah, a large fan hung from the ceiling.

## Origin

Formed from punk and the suffix -er.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/punker (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).