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parachute rigger

American  

noun

  1. a person who inspects, repairs, and packs or folds parachutes.


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Shortly thereafter, Ben Dunbar, a former Biltmore Estate chef and a military veteran who worked as a parachute rigger right out of high school, joined the team.

From Washington Times Oct. 11, 2020

The next day in Seattle, the parachute rigger realized his mistake.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 1996

Thus there have recently been a myriad of female firsts on various bases: the first female parachute rigger, the first turbine-engine maintenance woman, the first female drill sergeant.

From Time Magazine Archive

A parachute rigger fresh out of the Navy, he signed on with Hughes at 21, in 1946.

From Time Magazine Archive

He went on to train as a parachute rigger and was sent to Panama.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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