Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. 2. (n.) One given to cockfighting. 3. (n.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc. 4. (n.) A rustic high shoe or half-boots. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia COCKER kok'-er (titheneo, "to nurse," "coddle," "pamper"): Occurs only in Ecclesiasticus 30:9 with the meaning "to pamper": "Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid"; so Shakespeare, "a cockered silken wanton"; now seldom used; Jean Ingelow, "Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves."