pusher

noun11

1. •
   Someone or something that pushes.
2. •
   (informal) A drug dealer.

   • But the pusher don't care / Ah, if you live or if you die / God damn, the pusher / God damn, I say the pusher — 1968
3. •
   A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
4. •
   A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
5. •
   Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
6. •
   An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
7. •
   A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
8. •
   A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).

   • Two of the participants even decided to purchase a carrier instead of a pusher as they wanted to “permanently hold their baby”. — 2017
9. •
   Synonym of toolpusher.
10. •
    (slang) A girl or woman.

    • ‘You should a seed some o' the pushers. Girls o' seventeen painted worse nor any Gerties I'd ever knowed.’ — 1929
11. •
    (informal, historical) A tolkach.