aker - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

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|year=1858 |year_published=2006 |edition=Digitized |editor= |author=Jonathan Brown Bright |title=The Brights of Suffolk |chapter= citation |genre= |publisher= |isbn= |page=127 |passage=… crope of an aker' might have been worth=3 p ' aker ... }}

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|year=1859 |year_published=2009 |edition=Digitized |editor= |author=New England Historic Genealogical Society |title=The New England Historical & Genealogical Register |chapter= citation |genre= |publisher=S.G. Drake |isbn= |page=295 |passage=That all rates that shall arise upon the Towne shall be layed upon Lands accordinge to every ones p'portion aker' for '''aker''' of howse lotts and '''aker''' for ' aker of meddowe both alike on this side and both alike on the other side … }}