picker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who chooses or selects out
    chooser; selector.
  2. noun someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.

WordNet


Pick"er noun
Etymology
From Pick.
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers." Shak.
  2. (Mach.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.
  3. (Weaving) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.
  4. (Ordnance) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

Webster 1913