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string·er
\ˈstriŋə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English strynger, from streng, string string + -er
1. : one that strings
< wire stringers sweated down the road, setting up lines — Newsweek >
2. : a string, rope, or wire often equipped with snaps on which fish are strung by a fisherman
3.
a. : a narrow vein or irregular filament of mineral traversing a rock mass of different material
b. : a line or linear zone of specified objects or material
< narrow tongues of forest will … follow stringers of favorable soil — A.A.Nichol >
< stringers of gravel on a tidal flat >
< stringers of pumice >
4.
a. : a long horizontal timber used to connect uprights in a frame or to support a floor
b. : a string in stair building
c. : a tie in a truss
5. : a longitudinal member in any of various kinds of construction: as
a. : such a member extending from bent to bent of a railroad bridge and carrying the track
b. : a longitudinal sleeper borne on the transverse ties of a railroad track
c. : a longitudinal girder, plank, or plate used in ship construction as a strengthening member — see ship illustration
d. : a longitudinal member used (as in a fuselage or wing) to reinforce the skin in a semimonocoque airplane
6.
a. : string correspondent
b. : a newspaper reporter who serves another publication or a news agency part time — distinguished from staffer
7. : one that holds a specified competitive rating or is estimated as of specified excellence or efficiency — usually used in combination
< pulled out his first-stringers after piling up a wide scoring margin >
< sent their second-stringer to review the play >
8. : a sequence in rummy or panguingue |