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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
picker
    n 1: a person who chooses or selects out [syn: picker,
         chooser, selector]
    2: someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Picker \Pick"er\, n. [From Pick.]
   1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one
      who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a
      pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers."
      --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mach.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces
      so as to loosen and separate the fiber.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Weaving) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the
      shuttle, and impels it through the warp.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. (Ordnance) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for picker:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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