tagger
|tag-ger|
🇺🇸
/ˈtæɡər/
🇬🇧
/ˈtæɡə/
one who tags (marks or labels)
Etymology
'tagger' originates from English, specifically the base word 'tag' combined with the agentive suffix '-er', where 'tag' meant 'to touch or mark' and '-er' meant 'one who does (an action)'.
'tagger' changed from the verb 'tag' + the agentive suffix '-er' in Modern English to form the noun meaning 'one who tags'; over time it broadened to cover graffiti, games, labeling programs, and retail taggers.
Initially, it meant 'one who touches or marks', but over time it evolved into current senses such as 'graffiti signer', 'the player who is "it" in tag', and 'a person or program that assigns labels to data.'
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a person who makes a 'tag' as graffiti — a stylized signature or mark sprayed or painted on property.
The tagger sprayed his signature on the wall.
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Noun 2
a person who is 'it' in the game of tag — the one who chases and tries to touch others to make them 'it'.
In gym class, the tagger chased the others across the field.
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Noun 3
a program or person that assigns tags or labels to data — for example, a part-of-speech tagger that labels words with their grammatical categories.
The POS tagger labeled each word in the sentence.
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Noun 4
a person who attaches price tags or identification tags to items (retail or inventory).
A tagger went through the boxes and attached price stickers to each item.
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Last updated: 2025/09/22 17:50