Barker
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Barker may refer to:
  • Barker (occupation)
    Barker (occupation)
    A barker is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, such as a circus or funfair, by exhorting passing public, describing attractions of show and emphasizing variety, novelty, beauty, or some other feature believed to incite listeners to attend entertainment...

    , a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events. Derived from that:
  • Barker channel
    Barker channel
    A barker channel is a form of electronic media known as digital signage. It is a TV channel that is entirely composed of sales promotion and advertising, usually marketing various features of the service carrying the channel...

    , a television channel which runs a continuous loop of sales promotion and advertising
  • Barker (coachbuilder)
    Barker (coachbuilder)
    Barker was a coachbuilder and builder of bodywork for prestige cars.Founded in London in 1710 by a guards officer, and subsequently trading as Barker & Co...

    , builder of horse-drawn coaches and later of bodywork for prestige cars
  • Barker College
    Barker College
    Barker College is an independent Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Kindergarten to Year 9, and co-educational from...

    , a private college in Sydney, Australia
  • Barker (surname)
    Barker (surname)
    -A–C:* Barker *Abraham Andrews Barker , American politician* Al Barker , American baseball player* Arj Barker , American comedian, actor* Arthur "Doc" Barker , American criminal...

    , a list of people with the surname Barker
  • Barker's Discount Department Stores, an American chain of department stores
  • a slang term for a handgun
    Handgun
    A handgun is a firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from long guns such as rifles and shotguns ....

  • a person who stripped tanbark
    Tanbark
    Tanbark is the bark of certain species of tree. It is traditionally used for tanning hides.The words "tanning", "tan," and "tawny" are derived from the Medieval Latin tannare, "to convert into leather."...

     from trees to supply bark mills

Localities

  • Barker, New York:
    • Barker, Broome County, New York
      Barker, Broome County, New York
      ----Barker is a town in Broome County, New York, USA. The population was 2,738 at the 2000 census. The town is named after John Barker, an early settler...

      , an American town
    • Barker, Niagara County, New York
      Barker, Niagara County, New York
      Barker is a village in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 577 at the 2000 census. The mail ZIP code is 14012. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....

      , an American village
  • Barker, Texas
    Barker, Texas
    Barker is an unincorporated community in western Harris County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads off Interstate 10 and seventeen miles west of downtown Houston...

    , an American community
  • Barker, Uruguay
    Barker, Uruguay
    Barker is a small village located in the Colonia Department of southwestern Uruguay.- Location and population :Barker is located along Route 54. Its nearest populated places are Rosario, to the southeast and Tarariras, to the west...

    , a town
  • Division of Barker
    Division of Barker
    The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia.The division was created in 1903 and is named for Collet Barker, an early explorer of the region at the mouth of the Murray River...

    , an Electoral Division in South Australia for the Australian House of Representatives
  • Mount Barker, South Australia
    Mount Barker, South Australia
    Mount Barker is an expanding city, home to 10 258 residents that is 33 kilometres up the South Eastern Freeway, east of Adelaide, in South Australia. It is the seat of the District Council of Mount Barker, is the largest town in the Adelaide Hills, and is one of the fastest growing areas in the...

  • Mount Barker, Western Australia
    Mount Barker, Western Australia
    Mount Barker is a town on the Albany Highway and is the administrative centre of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia...

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