PUSHER Definition & Meaning

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pusher

[ poosh-er ]

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noun

a person or thing that pushes.
Slang. a peddler of illegal drugs.
Aeronautics. an airplane that is driven by pusher propellers.
Nautical. one of the masts abaft the mizzen on a sailing vessel having more than three masts, either the sixth or seventh from forward. Compare driver ( def 10b ), spanker ( def 1b ).
Railroads. a helper attached to the rear of a train, usually to provide extra power for climbing a steep grade.

pusher

/ ˈ��ʊʃə /

noun

informal.
a person who sells illegal drugs, esp narcotics such as heroin and morphine
informal.
an actively or aggressively ambitious person
1. a type of aircraft propeller placed behind the engine
2. a type of aircraft using such a propeller
a person or thing that pushes
a rakelike implement used by small children to push food onto a spoon
the usual name for pushchair

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pusher¹

First recorded in 1585–95; push + -er ¹

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Extrajudicial killings typically came in two varieties: a drug suspect gunned down by police while supposedly resisting arrest, or a purported pusher dispatched by unknown hitmen.

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It should be boom times for the so-called white powder bar, as the practice of lawyering for the world’s most prolific drug pushers has been dubbed.

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Trump didn’t invent the poison that has worked its way into the vitals of American society, but he's its most prominent pusher and a carrier of its most virulent effects.

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Now Carroll had arranged to poach drug pusher Stephen Glen, who was linked to the Lyons family.

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The woman said he fitted the police description of a man who pushed people into the canal in 2022, and she asked him if he was the "canal pusher".

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