blocker

[blok-er]

noun

a person or thing that blocks.
Football. a player whose assignment or special skill is blocking.
Biochemistry. a substance that inhibits the physiological action of another substance, as the beta blocker propranolol that interferes with neurotransmitters in the sympathetic nervous system.

Origin of blocker

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at block, -er¹

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Historical Examples of blocker

Blocker's foreman, disdaining an invitation to dismount, saluted his host.
Wells Brothers
Andy Adams
Mr. Blocker's Bat, which he carried through a whole season without scoring once off it.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 107, December 22, 1894
Various

British Dictionary definitions for blocker

blocker

noun

a person or thing that acts as a block
physiol an agent that blocks a physiological function, such as the transport of an ion across an ion channel

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Word Origin and History for blocker

c.1400 of a tool, c.1600 of a person, agent noun from block (v.). U.S. football sense from 1914.