/lay"keuhr/ , n.
1. a person associated with a lake, as a resident, visitor, or worker.
2. a ship designed for navigating on lakes, esp. the Great Lakes.
3. a fish found in lakes or caught in a lake, esp. the lake trout.
4. ( cap. ) any one of the Lake Poets.
[ 1790-1800; LAKE 1 + -ER 1 ]