tagger n 1: someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter 2: someone who appends or joins one thing to another; "a theory that was simply added on by some anonymous tagger" 3: a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter [syn: {tagger}, {tagging program}]
Tagger \Tag"ger\, n. 1. One who, or that which, appends or joins one thing to another. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is pointed like a tag. [1913 Webster] Hedgehogs' or procupines' small taggers. --Cotton. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. --Knight. [1913 Webster] 4. A device for removing taglocks from sheep. --Knight. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]