picker

noun

pick·​er ˈpi-kər How to pronounce picker (audio)
: one that picks: such as
a
: a worker who picks something (such as crops)
b
: a tool, implement, or machine used in picking something
c
: a musician who picks a stringed instrument (such as a banjo)

Examples of picker in a Sentence

a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
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Picture a surgeon accessing digital notes or a warehouse picker triggering inventory logs hands-free, voice-free, via a neural interface. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 Here peaches are being packed after the pickers brought in their baskets, to be shipped across the nation. Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2025 The lawsuit is about apprehending parents and grandparents, construction workers and Dreamers, homeowners and renters, students and fruit pickers. The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 8 May 2025 For about 18 months, the husband, 71, and wife, 69, quietly took up pickers and grocery bags and collected trash along the trail. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for picker

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of picker was in the 14th century

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“Picker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picker. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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