sacker
1 of 2noun (1)
sack·er ˈsa-kər 
plural sackers
1
American football : a player who sacks the quarterback (see sack entry 2 sense 3)
Richard Dent, Chicago's sacker, lines up at right defensive end.
Paul Zimmerman
Paul Zimmerman2
baseball, informal : a player positioned at a specified base
The local citizenry is very excited about the acquisition of first sacker [=first baseman] Jack Clark from the Yankees … Steve Wulf
Steve Wulf… can rely on the league's most effective double-play combination, second sacker Jose Lind and shortstop Greg Gagne … Paul Ladewski
Paul Ladewski3
: one who bags items (as at a grocery store)
… with a smile and a hustle … he has managed to become probably the most revered grocery sacker around. Bob Secter
Bob Sectersacker
2 of 2noun (2)
plural sackers
: one who sacks a town, city, etc.
… as arrogant and coldhearted a sacker of cities as history or mythology provides … Curt Suplee
Curt Suplee… His Majesty Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the sacker of Jerusalem, the scourge of the Jews, the villain of the Book of Kings and Psalms … David Plotz
David Plotz
Word History
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1899, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Noun (2)
1578, in the meaning defined above
sackers
noun
as in pillagers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pillagers
- plunderers
- marauders
- looters
- depredators
- spoliators
- wreckers
- ruiners
- saboteurs
- demolishers
- ransackers
- wasters
- ravagers
- despoilers
- desecrators
- desecraters
- destroyers
- graffitists
- spoilers
- defacers
- taggers
- vandals
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- protectors
- savers
- preservers
- conservers
- conservators
- preservationists