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presser

presser noun: a person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as. Also the alternative spelling of pressor.

Noun (1)

presser (plural pressers)

  1. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as
    • 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.1977, Billboard, volume 89, number 46
  2. A member of a press-gang, who forces (presses) others into service.
    • 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.2012, Sophia Kingshill, The Estate of Jennifer Westwood, The Fabled Coast
  3. A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.
    • 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.1950, Carl Jonas, Snowslide, page 142
    Synonyms:
    clothes press

Noun (2)

presser (plural pressers)

  1. (informal) A press release.
  2. (informal) A press conference or press briefing.
    • 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; […]2022 May 18, Paul Karp, “Australian election briefing: Scott Morrison bulldozes a kid while Anthony Albanese takes the stage”, in The Guardian
    • A statement will be issued. We'll do a presser this aftern—2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 117
    Synonyms:
    newser, pressie

Proper noun capitalized: Presser

Presser (plural Pressers)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

presser is also the alternative spelling of pressor.

Synonyms of presser

Forms of presser

Noun
pluralpressers
Proper noun
pluralPressers

Plural of presser: pressers

Origin of presser

From press (verb) + -er (“agent -er”).

From press (“press release/press conference”) + -er (Variety “-er”).

Words formed from presser

Phrases with presser

Questions about presser

What does presser mean?
Presser means a person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as.
What part of speech is presser?
Presser can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of presser?
The plural of presser is pressers.

Words near presser in the dictionary

  1. pressed pause
  2. pressed rice
  3. pressed the flesh
  4. pressed the panic button
  5. pressedst
  6. presser
  7. presser beam
  8. presser beams
  9. presser feet
  10. presser foot
  11. pressers

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