noun. One who balks, in any sense of the verb.

noun. A man stationed on a cliff or an eminence to look out for shoals of herrings or pilchards, and signal the direction taken by them.

noun. One who, or that which, balks.

noun. A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.

noun. A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.

noun. a person who refuses to comply

"Enjoying the short ride to Grasshopper Level, Leah was mindful of how this horse had been a balker back when Dat first bought him from Uncle Noah Brenneman."

individual  mortal  person  somebody  someone  

negativist  

conder  huer