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sacker

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who sacks or plunders.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1980, Don DeLillo and Sue Buck (as Cleo Birdwell), Amazons, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Chapter 4, p. 70, I think he liked standing over me. It is sort of the warrior’s view. The sacker and plunderer.

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Meaning 2

A person who fills or makes sacks or bags.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1929, P. D. Peterson, Through the Black Hills and Bad Lands of South Dakota, Pierre, SD: J. Fred Olander, Chapter 5 “Cement Plant,” p. 41, There are two men, known as sackers who, with the use of machinery, can fill 15,000 to 20,000 sacks a day.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who fills or makes sacks or bags.

Synonym of bagger (“retail employee who bags customers' purchases”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: bagger

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A machine or device for filling sacks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1950, E. D. Gordon and W. M. Hurst, Artificial Drying of Forage Crops, Washington: DC, United States Department of Agriculture, Circular No. 443, p. 20, The feeder conveys the chopped alfalfa to the drying-drum—from the drum the dried forage is conveyed through one or more cooling cyclones to a hammer mill—then through one or more cyclones for further cooling and finally to a sacker.

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5

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Meaning 5

A person who sacks or fires (dismisses someone from a job or position).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A baseman (player positioned at or near a base).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports

Examples

  • 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, New York: Time Reading Program, 1966, “Batter Up!” p. 56, About forty years ago Pop was the third sacker for the old Sox when they got into their first World Series after twenty years.
  • 2009, John H. Ritter, New York: Philomel, Chapter 35, p. 226, Reinspired, he sprang from the dugout and ran out to second base so quickly, the Chicago second sacker, Cal McVey, was still walking in from shallow right field.

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noun

Meaning 7

A player who sacks (tackles the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Alternative form of saker (cannon)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

From sack + -er.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Plünderer — someone who plunders