cornshucker

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

cornshucker

Where it comes from

From corn + shucker.

noun cornshuckers

A farmer or farm worker engaged in shucking corn (maize). A role played periodically, not a vocation. [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 Longf
Similar: cornhusker
A machine or machine component that shucks corn. Nicholas Romanishan, Plaintiff vs. International Harvester Co., and Clark Vough, Individually and trading as Vough's Repair Shop and/or Vough & Sons, Defendants. 68 Ill. App. 2d 70, 215 N.E.2d 465, a farmer was injured when he reached into an operating cornshucker to remove jammed ears of corn. The
Similar: cornhusker

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"cornshucker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cornshucker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cornshucker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cornshucker

Chicago

"cornshucker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cornshucker.

BibTeX

@misc{cornshucker_2026,
  title = {cornshucker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cornshucker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}