Cornshucker

Quick meaning: Cornshucker is a noun meaning (agriculture) A farmer or farm worker engaged in shucking corn (maize). A role played periodically, not a vocation.

Meaning

(agriculture) A farmer or farm worker engaged in shucking corn (maize). A role played periodically, not a vocation.

More Meanings

1. (agriculture) A machine or machine component that shucks corn.

Example Sentences

[John Herr] was a man of powerful physique, six feet two inches in height, muscular and brawny, and noted in the settlement for his physical prowess, and enjoyed the reputation of being the best cornshucker and rifle shot in the neighborhood. A blacksmith by trade, John Herr was a fair type of Longfellow's hero of the world-renowned poem "The Village Blacksmith."

Word Forms

• cornshuckers

Synonyms for cornshucker

Depending on context, synonyms include cornhusker.

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