picker

noun9

1. •
   Agent noun of pick; one who picks.

   • The apple picker climbed the tree.
2. •
   A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.

   • "Farmers can't get sufficient fruit pickers," he said. "It is the same pool of labour, agency staff [who are] largely eastern European [and] a huge number of them Polish." — 2021
3. •
   Any user interface control that selects something.
4. •
   A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
5. •
   The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
6. •
   (slang) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
7. •
   (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
8. •
   A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
9. •
   (no longer used) A pilferer.