Dicker

Dicker
Recorded in many forms including Dicker, Digger, Diggar, and the occupational Digman, Dignam, Dignan, Dignum, and probably others as well, the surname is medieval English. It is also occupational and possibly residential for one who maintained a 'dyke' or 'ditch', a medieval ditch being a canalised river. This was a position of some importance and it is interesting to see that all the early recordings are to be found in the East Anglian, often known as the 'Fen Country', where the upkeep of the dykes was of paramount importance. Examples of the early recordings include: John Dikeman of Suffolk in the 1206 Curia Regis rolls of that county and Richard le Diker of Somerset in the Hundred Rolls of 1327. Later examples taken from the surviving registers of the diocese of Greater London include: John Diggar, a witness at the church known as St Benet Fink in the old city of London on June 7th 1652, Mary Digger, who married John Redding at the famous church of St. Mary le Bone, on February 16th 1687 and Bridget Dignam, who married Thomas Shaw at St Georges chapel, Hanover Square, Westminster, on July 1st 1766. The first known recording in any spelling is believed to be that of Richard Dikeman, in 'Curia regis' rolls of the city of Lincoln in the year 1206. This was during the reign of King John of England, 1199 - 1216. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Dicker — ist der Name folgender Personen: Cintia Dicker (* 1986), brasilianisches Model Friedl Dicker Brandeis (1898–1944; gebürtig Friedl Dicker), österreichische Malerin, Kunsthandwerkerin und Innenarchitektin Gary Dicker (* 1986), irischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dicker — Dick er, n. [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See {Ten}.] 1. The number or quantity of ten,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dicker — Dick er, v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] Ready to dicker. and to swap. Cooper …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dicker — dick·er / di kər/ vi dick·ered, dick·er·ing: to seek to arrive at a workable and agreeable arrangement by negotiating and haggling Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. dicker …   Law dictionary

  • dicker — ☆ dicker [dik′ər ] vi. [< dicker, ten, ten hides (as a unit of barter) < ME dycer, akin to Du daker, Ger decher, Dan deger, ult. < L decuria, a division of ten < decem, TEN] to trade by bargaining, esp. on a small or petty scale;… …   English World dictionary

  • dicker — (v.) haggle, bargain in a petty way, 1802, Amer.Eng., perhaps from dicker (n.) a unit or package of tens, especially hides (attested from late 13c.), perhaps from L. decuria parcel of ten (supposedly a unit of barter on the Roman frontier; Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • dicker — ► VERB 1) engage in petty argument or bargaining. 2) toy or fiddle with something. ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete dicker «set of ten hides», used as a unit of trade, from Latin decem ten …   English terms dictionary

  • Dicker — Dicker, Gewicht, nach welchem in Großbritannien Häute verkauft werden, 1 D. = 10 Stück, 20 D. = 1 Last …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • dicker — [v] bargain; argue about barter, buy and sell, chaffer, cut a deal*, haggle*, hammer out a deal*, huckster*, negotiate, palter, trade, work out a deal*; concepts 46,330 Ant. agree …   New thesaurus

  • dicker — v. to dicker for; with * * * [ dɪkə] with to dicker for …   Combinatory dictionary

  • dicker — dick|er [ˈdıkə US ər] v [i]informal especially AmE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from dicker group of ten (animal skins) (11 19 centuries) (from the exchanging of skins for other goods)] to argue about or discuss the details of a sale,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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