plucker

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/ˈplʌkə(ɹ)/

noun

One who plucks.

OriginGerman Plücker →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

plucker1

nounplucker (plural pluckers)

plural pluckers

  1. One who plucks.

    Thou setter up and plucker down of kings.

    c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]
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    Irishman Vincent Pilkington is the world's fastest turkey plucker at one minute and 30 seconds. He once plucked 244 turkeys in 24 hours.

    2007 December, “Festive facts at Christmas”, in Cambridge News
  2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

Plucker2

proper nounPlucker (plural Pluckers)

plural Pluckers

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

plucker · noun

From pluck + -er.

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Plucker · proper noun

  1. GermanPlücker
  2. EnglishPlucker

Borrowed from German Plücker.

More words from German

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with plucker

tuckerZuckerpuckerSmuckersuccourchuckerduckerStuckerhuckeruckerbuckerchukkercluckerknuckersaltchuckershucker
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Cite this entry
APA

plucker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plucker

MLA

“plucker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plucker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plucker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plucker.

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