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rigger
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rigger has 4 senses
- rigger(n = noun.person) Array - someone who rigs ships; Array is a kind of artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman
- rigger(n = noun.artifact) rigger brush - a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists; Array is a kind of sable, sable's hair pencil, sable brush
- rigger(n = noun.person) oil rigger - someone who works on an oil rig; Array is a kind of oilman
- rigger(n = noun.artifact) Array - a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger" is a kind of sailing ship, sailing vessel
Derived form verb rig4
CIDE DICTIONARY
rigger, n.
- One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship. [1913 Webster]
- A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [1913 Webster]
- A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rigger, n.
1 a person who rigs or who arranges rigging.
2 (of a rowing-boat) = OUTRIGGER 5a.
3 a ship rigged in a specified way.
4 a worker on an oil rig.
1 a person who rigs or who arranges rigging.
2 (of a rowing-boat) = OUTRIGGER 5a.
3 a ship rigged in a specified way.
4 a worker on an oil rig.
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