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Picker
//ˈpɪkə(ɹ)// name, noun, slang
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 Agent noun of pick; one who picks. agent, form-of
"The apple picker climbed the tree."
- 2 someone who gathers crops or fruits etc. wordnet
- 3 Agent noun of pick; one who picks.; A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
"Already at Amazon warehouses, ‘pickers’—the workers who locate purchased items and transport them to the shipping station within the warehouse—are issued a hand-held device that tracks their every move."
- 4 a person who chooses or selects out wordnet
- 5 Any user interface control that selects something.
"date picker"
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- 6 A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
- 7 The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- 8 A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- 9 A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up. slang
- 10 One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates. historical
- 11 A pilferer. archaic
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English pikere, pykare, equivalent to pick + -er.
Etymology 2
Various origins: * From picker, an English occupational surname for someone who used a pick. * Borrowed from German Picker, an occupational surname for someone who used a pickaxe. * Borrowed from Dutch Picker, an occupational surname for a stonemason or for a reaper or mower. * Jewish Ashkenazi nickname for a glutton, from Yiddish פּיקן (pikn, “to peck”).
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