presser
/pɹˈɛsɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Visiting a traditional vineyard, we watched the grape pressers treading the grapes underfoot."
- "That's the name of the people who make the polystyrene compound used by pressers of records that don't warp."
- "2012, Sophia Kingshill, The Estate of Jennifer Westwood, The Fabled Coast Overnight, North Shields was cordoned off by soldiers while the pressers descended in force, and left with a haul of more than two hundred and fifty men, including sailors, mechanics, and every kind of labourer."
- "He saw the man who did the cleaning and pressing for the hotel, a man whom he had always seen before in the gloom of the pressing shop sweating over a steam presser."
- "At the presser, [Scott] Morrison confirmed that the petrol tax of 22 cents a litre will go back to 44 cents after six months despite prices nudging $2 a litre again; […]"
- "A statement will be issued. We'll do a presser this aftern—"
Etymology
Etymology tree English press Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English presser From press (verb) + -er (“agent -er”).