plural sackers
Definition of sacker
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
American football
: a player who sacks the quarterback (see sack entry 2 sense 3)
Richard Dent, Chicago's sacker, lines up at right defensive end.— Paul Zimmerman
2
baseball, informal
: a player positioned at a specified base
The local citizenry is very excited about the acquisition of first sacker [=first baseman] Jack Clark from the Yankees …— Steve Wulf … can rely on the league's most effective double-play combination, second sacker Jose Lind and shortstop Greg Gagne …— Paul Ladewski
3
: one who bags items (as at a grocery store)
… with a smile and a hustle … he has managed to become probably the most revered grocery sacker around.— Bob Secter
sacker
noun (2)
plural sackers
Definition of sacker (Entry 2 of 2)
: one who sacks a town, city, etc.
… as arrogant and coldhearted a sacker of cities as history or mythology provides …— Curt Suplee … His Majesty Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the sacker of Jerusalem, the scourge of the Jews, the villain of the Book of Kings and Psalms …— David Plotz
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The first known use of sacker was in 1578
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