rigger
Americannoun
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riggers
plural
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a person who rigs.
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a person whose occupation is the fitting of the rigging of ships.
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a person who works with hoisting tackle, cranes, scaffolding, etc.
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a protective structure around a construction site.
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Aeronautics.
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a mechanic skilled in the assembly, adjustment, and alignment of aircraft control surfaces, wings, and the like.
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noun
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a workman who rigs vessels, etc
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rowing a bracket on a racing shell or other boat to support a projecting rowlock
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a person skilled in the use of pulleys, lifting gear, cranes, etc
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The worker, a rigger, was working on Marvel Studios’ “Wonder Man” at Radford Studio Center in the San Fernando Valley when the incident occurred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
The man who died worked as a rigger, Deadline reported, and he died on set.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
An inquest in 2019 heard Mr Bowry was a rigger with 15 years' experience.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023
Asked what Trump meant by the term, Cheung defined a rigger as “a person who rigs an event or system.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
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
“There was a kind of solemn reverence from everyone,” she said, “the guys who drove the trucks, the riggers, and the people from Port Authority. We felt it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Installation of the display involved dozens of riggers and two cranes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The workers include electrical, production and mechanical technicians in addition to deck crew, scaffolders, crane operators, pipefitters, platers, and riggers.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
He writes about drone operators, prison guards, poultry plant workers, and oil riggers.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2021
The parachute riggers sprinted out of the hallway toward the playing fields.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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