tagger
Americannoun
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taggers
plural
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a person or device that labels something.
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a computer program that labels data.
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a graffiti artist, particularly one who writes their signature on a wall or other surface.
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the person who chases and tags others, in a game of tag.
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They are different from graffiti, which to my eyes is egocentric and monotone, mostly instantiating the will of the tagger over and over again.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2020
Friday’s arrests ended a six-day manhunt after law enforcement sources say Officer Juan Jose Diaz confronted a tagger near the taco stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2019
Q. What happened when the grocery tagger had to bring his toddler to work with him?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2019
Unbeknownst to Kyle, the sheriff had been keeping tabs on him and every other tagger in the city.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2019
“We’ve been calling him for a while, hoping that he would follow through and be our tagger, our captain. But it’s okay. We have a couple of other leads.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Early in 2024, taggers began turning its skyscrapers into canvases for graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Even minor crime, he showed, had no place in Mr. Giuliani’s New York—a lesson he amplified by arresting graffiti taggers and public urinators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But it also attracted scores of photographers, visual artists, taggers and scene kids who documented the unruly energy brimming over these grim industrial landscapes, lighted up with flames and police chopper spotlights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
The taggers sprayed these words on the temple’s marble sign, a brick wall and city sidewalk, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
And taggers on the corner every day Reminded you of suffering and of want.
From Domesday Book by Edgar Lee Masters
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