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presser en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English press Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English presser From press (verb) + -er (“agent -er”).

Meanings

1. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as
   • Visiting a traditional vineyard, we watched the grape pressers treading the grapes underfoot.
   • That's the name of the people who make the polystyrene compound used by pressers of records that don't warp. 1977, Billboard, volume 89, number 46:
2. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as: ▸ 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.
3. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as: ▸ 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:
4. (alt-of, alternative) A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as: ▸ Alternative spelling of pressor: synonym of vasopressor.
   alt of pressor

Forms

Deriveds

point presser · presser beam · presser foot · oilpresser · hot-presser · seam presser

Relateds

ironing (pressing clothes)

Synonyms

clothes press

presser en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (informal) A press release.
2. (informal) A press conference or press briefing.
   • A statement will be issued. We'll do a presser this aftern— 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 117:
   • 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 May 18, Paul Karp, “Australian election briefing: Scott Morrison bulldozes a kid while Anthony Albanese takes the stage”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Synonyms

pressie · newser