sacker

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sack·er | \ ˈsa-kər

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