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puller

puller

5 5.4
A person, animal, or machine that moves things to do a job
  • noun
  • /ˈpʊlər/
translation icon : tirador
  • You're a rickshaw puller.

vendors, home base workers, Craftsman, agriculture workers, salt farmers, rack pickers, cart pullers.

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Examples

  • RAM CHANDAR, the rickshaw puller, readies to go out to work.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • What you need is a log puller.

  • The life of a rickshaw puller is not one a man would choose if he had a choice.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The line moves forward as fast as the pullers can take on passengers.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Nobody thinks about us rickshaw pullers or bothers with our stories.

  • Outside, there are rickshaw pullers filling the courtyard and spilling out into the street.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The rickshaw puller navigated the busy streets, ensuring his passengers arrived safely at their destination.

  • Young Emmerson was a puller at the sawmill, helping to stack the lumber as it was processed.

  • During the festival, several strong men worked as pullers, hauling heavy carts filled with supplies.

Synonyms

yanker
vspuller
1 9.8

A person who pulls something hard and suddenly

is the general agent that moves things during a job or task
tugger
vspuller
1 6.8

A person or machine that pulls something hard

is the general agent that moves things during a job or task
dragger
vspuller
1 6.1

A person who pulls something heavy to move it

is the general agent that moves things during a job or task

Antonyms

pusher
  • Informal
13 7.0

A person who forces their ideas on other people

Compounds

1 3.2

A small hand tool for gardening with metal claws that removes weeds by the root

wire-puller
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who secretly controls others to get what they want

How Strong

tractor
85 2.3
ox
6 1.0
horse
1.0
puller
5 5.4
person
1.0
child
1.0

Surface Forms

puller singular
pullers plural

Morphology

puller = pull (transparent) = pull + er

The agent/instrument -er suffix forms a regular noun meaning 'one that pulls', which is directly derivable from 'pull'.

Etymology

Puller comes from the verb pull meaning 'to pull' and the ending -er meaning 'one who does'. Think of a strong horse pulling a plow or a worker hauling a heavy cart, and you see why a puller is a person, animal, or thing that pulls as part of a job.