1. raker - Noun
2. Raker - Proper noun
One who, or that which, rakes
A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power.
A gun so placed as to rake an enemy's ship.
See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill.
Source: Webster's dictionarySan Francisco was also granted a perpetual leasehold over the Hetch Hetchy Valley and watershed in Yosemite National Park by the Raker Act in 1913. Source: Internet
The city and the Sierra Club argued over the dam for 10 years, until the U.S. Congress passed the Raker Act in 1913 and allowed dam building to proceed. Source: Internet