presser

[pres-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that presses press or applies pressure.

2. a person whose occupation is pressing pressing press or ironing clothes in a laundry or dry-cleaning establishment.

Other Word Forms

• underpresser noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of presser¹

First recorded in 1535–45; press ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The bankruptcies of First Brands and Tricolor are sure to elicit questions at Powell’s presser about emerging cracks in credit.

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He is shouting over the hum of the pill presser, a machine that resembles a Dalek, which pops out dozens of small white magnesium tablets a second.

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She added: "Government has dishonoured every single Indian woman by allowing Taliban minister to exclude women journalists from presser. Shameful bunch of spineless hypocrites."

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“That was the really new part of what we were doing,” said Ashley Lewis Presser, senior research scientist at the Education Development Center.

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“We’re integrating with books that are being read at home and in the school, and a lot of physical movement,” Lewis Presser said.

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