presser

Etymology 1

press (verb) + -er (“agent -er”)

noun

  1. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as:
    1. A member of a press-gang, who forces (presses) others into service.
      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.
    2. 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
    3. (medicine) Alternative spelling of pressor: Synonym of vasopressor.

Etymology 2

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

noun

  1. (media, informal) A press release.
  2. (media, 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; […] 2022-05-18, 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

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