sacker

¹ American  

[sak-er] / ˈsæk ər /

noun

1. bagger.

2. Baseball. a baseman.

   a slick-fielding third sacker.

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sacker ² American  

[sak-er] / ˈsæk ər /

noun

1. a person who sacks; plunderer; pillager.

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Etymology

Origin of sacker¹

First recorded in 1900–05; sack ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of sacker²

First recorded in 1580–90; sack ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

But they return 1,000-yard rusher Jarred Craft, three starters on the offensive line, and DE Jaylon Ferguson, the league’s top sacker among many top players on defense.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2017

Lemon, unable to settle down, walked Elliott to fill the bases – the fourth time the Boston third sacker had reached first in the games.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2016

The leading sacker in the N.F.L. over the last five years was used as a de facto weakside defensive end in Wade Phillips’s scheme.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2011

The Denver Broncos had been holding out hope the league's top sacker would make a quicker than anticipated recovery from a torn chest muscle and return to action in December.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2010

The sacker with a long, greasy ponytail and skinny little beard look me over when I was checking out and made a snort in his nose.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles