tagger

noun

tag·​ger ˈta-gər How to pronounce tagger (audio)
: one that tags
especially : a person who marks surfaces with graffiti

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The traditional targets of taggers — walls, windows, street signs, lampposts, buses — remain their canvases. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 About a decade later, the city was still going after taggers. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 The owner of the two Hollywood Hills mansions that have been taken over by squatters and taggers has issued an apology and vowed to rectify the situation. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024 Recent drone footage showed the property was cleaned up and painted just for taggers' work to reappear Monday night, according to KABC. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tagger 

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tagger was in 1648

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“Tagger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tagger. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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