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
An inquest in 2019 heard Mr Bowry was a rigger with 15 years' experience.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023
In order to create those very thin branches, I used a rigger brush, which is so named because it was used by artists to paint the very thin lines of a ship’s rigging.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
His mother was a commercial artist, and his father was an engineer who also worked in Hollywood special effects, including as a wire rigger on “The Wizard of Oz.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2022
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
Workers taking action include electrical, production and mechanical technicians in addition to deck crew, scaffolders crane operators, pipefitters, platers and riggers.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2023
Stunt riggers handle a lot of the technical equipment — including pulling people wearing wires and harnesses to make them look like they are flying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
He writes about drone operators, prison guards, poultry plant workers, and oil riggers.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2021
A lot of places we have to have riggers help us.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
The parachute riggers sprinted out of the hallway toward the playing fields.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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