Etymology tree
Old English [Term?]?
Proto-Germanic *-gô
Proto-West Germanic *-gō
Old English -ga
Old English dogga
Middle English dogge
English dog
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English dogger
From dog (verb) + -er.
Meanings
(UK) A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.
Etymology tree
Old English [Term?]?
Proto-Germanic *-gô
Proto-West Germanic *-gō
Old English -ga
Old English dogga
Middle English dogge
English dog
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English dogger
From dog + -er.
Meanings
(Australia) A person employed to kill wild dogs and dingos, in the pastoral industry and rural areas.
One of the roaming doggers, Anderson, has since been speared. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 316:
From dog (“part of a crane that holds the items to be lifted”) + -er, from the fact that such a person would often ride on the load lifted by the crane when carrying out their duty. Created as a gender-neutral substitute for the older term dogman.