picker

Etymology

From Middle English pikere, pykare, equivalent to pick + -er.

noun

1. agent noun of pick; one who picks.
   The apple picker climbed the tree.
   That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls. 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
   I have observed that there are only two types of eaters in this world - pickers and wolfers. 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 13
   1. A worker in an Amazon warehouse, responsible for retrieving ordered items.
      Already at Amazon warehouses, ‘pickers’—the workers who locate purchased items and transport them to the shipping station within the warehouse—are issued a hand-held device that tracks their every move. 2020, Noreena Hertz, chapter 8, in The Lonely Century, Hodder & Stoughton
2. (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
   date picker
   file picker
3. (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
4. (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
5. (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
6. (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
7. (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
8. (archaic) A pilferer.