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stringer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stringer has 4 senses
- stringer(n = noun.person) Array - a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer" is a member of squad, team
- stringer(n = noun.person) Array - a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads" is a kind of worker
- stringer(n = noun.artifact) Array - brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull; Array is a kind of brace, bracing
- stringer(n = noun.artifact) Array - a long horizontal timber to connect uprights; Array is a kind of timber
is a kind of participant, player
Derived form verb string1
CIDE DICTIONARY
stringer, n.
- One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. [1913 Webster]"Be content to put your trust in honest stringers." [1913 Webster]
- A libertine; a wencher. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- A longitudinal sleeper. [1913 Webster]
- A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. [1913 Webster]
- A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. [1913 Webster]
- A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also
string correspondent . [PJC] - a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stringer, n.
1 a longitudinal structural member in a framework, esp. of a ship or aircraft.
2 colloq. a newspaper correspondent not on the regular staff.
3 = STRINGBOARD.
1 a longitudinal structural member in a framework, esp. of a ship or aircraft.
2 colloq. a newspaper correspondent not on the regular staff.
3 = STRINGBOARD.
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