sacker

1
[ sak-er ]
/ ˈsæk ər /

noun

bagger(def 1).
Baseball. a baseman: a slick-fielding third sacker.

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Origin of sacker

1
First recorded in 1900–05; sack1 + -er1

Words nearby sacker

sack time, sackable, sackbut, sackcloth, sackcloth and ashes, sacker, sackful, sacking, sacks, sackville, sackville-west

Definition for sacker (2 of 2)

sacker2
[ sak-er ]
/ ˈsæk ər /

noun

a person who sacks; plunderer; pillager.

Origin of sacker

2
First recorded in 1580–90; sack2 + -er1
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Example sentences from the Web for sacker

  • And as the trained soldier wheeled about and spurred away, the sacker of Rome turned a dark scowling face on Tignonville.

    Count Hannibal|Stanley J. Weyman

  • For the Sacker of Cities fell in battle within a few weeks after their reunion.

    Superwomen|Albert Payson Terhune

  • The corn-sheller is a three horse-power, with fan and sacker attached.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884|Various