Laker — may refer to: *the Los Angeles Lakers, a professional basketball team originally based in Detroit and later Minneapolis. *the Rapperswil Jona Lakers, a swiss icehockey team * the Peterborough Lakers Jr. A, a box lacrosse team from Peterborough,… … Wikipedia
laker — used of people or things associated in various ways with a lake or lakes, including tourists to the English Lake country (1798); the poets (Wordsworth, etc.) who settled in that region (1814); boats on the North American Great Lakes (1887), and a … Etymology dictionary
laker — ☆ laker [lāk′ər ] n. 1. a fish, esp. a trout, found in lakes 2. a ship operating on lakes, esp. the Great Lakes … English World dictionary
Laker — This famous and interesting name is English. It has three possible origins, although all overlap and have fused with time. The first is residential and pre 7th century Olde English. It derives from the word lacu meaning a stream, and hence would… … Surnames reference
Laker — Unter Laker versteht man: Freddie Laker, ein britischer Unternehmer Große Seen Schiff, genannt Laker Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe … Deutsch Wikipedia
Laker — /ˈleɪkə/ (say laykuh) noun Sir Frederick Alfred (Freddy), 1922–2006, British businessman; noted for the price cutting of his Laker Airways Company …
Laker Airways — Laker Airways … Deutsch Wikipedia
Laker Airways (Bahamas) — Airline codes|7Z|LBH|Laker Bahamas was founded in 1992 and operated until 2005.HistoryLaker Airways (Bahamas) was a US registered airline based in the Bahamas to which Sir Freddie Laker lent his name and operational expertise. The airline was… … Wikipedia
Laker Airways — Infobox Airline airline = Laker Airways logo size = 250 fleet size = 20 aircraft (14 widebodies and six narrowbodies) at 5 February 1982 destinations = Europe/North America/Asia IATA = GK ICAO = LKR callsign = LAKER parent = Laker Airways… … Wikipedia
Laker, Sir Freddie — ▪ 2007 Frederick Alfred Laker British entrepreneur (b. Aug. 6, 1922, Canterbury, Kent, Eng. d. Feb. 9, 2006, Hollywood, Fla.), as the brash, ebullient founder and chairman of Laker Airways Ltd. (1966–82), revolutionized the airline industry by… … Universalium
