A fruit picker or cotton picker, for example, is a person who picks fruit or cotton, usually for money.
picker in British English
(ˈpɪkə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that picks, esp that gathers fruit, crops, etc
2.
(in weaving) a person or the part of the loom that casts the shuttle
picker in American English1
(ˈpɪkər)
noun
a person or thing that picks
; specif.,
a. US, Informal
a musician who plays guitar, banjo, etc., esp. in country music
b.
a machine for picking fibers
picker in American English2
(ˈpɪkər)
noun
a device that throws the shuttle through the warp in weaving
Word origin
pick3 + -er
Examples of 'picker' in a sentence
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The regulator warned the City's top stock pickers that it could intervene to boost competition.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The regulator warned the City's top stock pickers that it could intervene to boostcompetition.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The litter pickers are only the first stage in the operation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Life insurers are coming back into fashion for stock pickers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Hence the need for stock pickers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Hundreds of books have been written to help would-be stock pickers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Such investors are the opposite of stock pickers; computer programs should be able to do the job.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The litter pickers making their way painstakingly across the fields will work from 6am to 12 noon.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That's small beer for pampered City stock pickers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
picker
British English: picker NOUN
A fruit picker or cotton picker, for example, is a person who picks fruit or cotton, usually for money.
American English: picker
Brazilian Portuguese: apanhador
Chinese: 采集者
European Spanish: recolector
French: cueilleur
German: Pflücker
Italian: raccoglitore
Japanese: 果物や綿を摘み取る人
Korean: 수확하는 사람
European Portuguese: apanhador
Latin American Spanish: recolector
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All related terms of 'picker'
corn-picker
a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks , often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell
hop-picker
a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
cherry picker
a hydraulic crane , esp one mounted on a lorry , that has an elbow joint or telescopic arm supporting a basket-like platform enabling a person to service high power lines or to carry out similar operations above the ground