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Rigger

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Noun

1. rigger

someone who rigs ships

2. rigger, rigger brush

a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists

3. oil rigger, rigger

someone who works on an oil rig

4. rigger

a sailing vessel with a specified rig

Example Sentences:
'a square rigger'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rigger

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noun
1. 
a workman who rigs vessels, etc
2. rowing
a bracket on a racing shell or other boat to support a projecting rowlock
3. 
a person skilled in the use of pulleys, lifting gear, cranes, etc

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rigger

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noun
a person who rigs
; specif.,
a. 
a person who works with hoisting tackle and the like
b. 
a person whose work is assembling the fuselage, wings, etc. of aircraft
c. 
a person who packs parachute assemblies
d. 
a person who works with an oil rig

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rigger

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n.
1. One that rigs: oil and gas riggers.
2. Nautical A ship with a specific kind of rigging. Often used in combination: a square-rigger.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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