stringer

[string-er]

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noun

a person or thing that strings.

a long horizontal timber connecting upright posts.

Civil Engineering. a longitudinal bridge girder for supporting part of a deck or railroad track between bents or piers.

a longitudinal reinforcement in the fuselage or wing of an airplane.

Also called string correspondent. Journalism. a part-time newspaper correspondent covering a local area for a paper published elsewhere: The Los Angeles paper has a correspondent in San Francisco but only a stringer in Seattle.Compare staffer(def 2).

a stout string, rope, etc., strung through the gills and mouth of newly caught fish, so that they may be carried or put back in the water to keep them alive or fresh.

a contestant, player, or other person ranked according to skill or accomplishment (used in combination): Most of the conductors at the opera house were third-stringers.

Mining. a small vein or seam of ore, coal, etc.

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Origin of stringer

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at string, -er¹

Related formsre·string·er, noun

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“They always seem to be on the move,” said Rodrigo Soberanes, a stringer for AP in Veracruz.
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The real goal was going from this stringer service to become a network cameraman.
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The British-born Stringer likened Letterman to the satirical tradition of comedy in his home country.
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A “stringer,” in the parlance of foreign correspondents, Sundaram sold stories to The New York Times and the Associated Press.
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Stringer depicts a country that is beset by complications of both past imperialism and current globalism.
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Rowing home the stringer parted through chafing on the side of the boat and the bass went their respective ways.
Days in the Open|Lathan A. Crandall
Leaning it against the wreck, he found a rest for his hand and lifted himself to a stringer.
Johnstone of the Border|Harold Bindloss
Unlike that of Morgan, Stringer's dismissal appears to have been based on reasonably good grounds.
Drug Supplies in the American Revolution|George B. Griffenhagen
"Some of Stringer's people seem to have stolen the cheque from Mr. Soames," said the archdeacon.
The Last Chronicle of Barset|Anthony Trollope
The test was recently made at the works of the Keystone Bridge Company, by means of hydraulic power applied at stringer points.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stringer

stringer

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architect

a long horizontal beam that is used for structural purposes
another name for stringboard

nautical a longitudinal structural brace for strengthening the hull of a vessel

a journalist retained by a newspaper or news service on a part-time basis to cover a particular town or area

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Word Origin and History for stringer

"newspaper correspondent paid by length of copy," 1950, probably from earlier figurative sense of "one who strings words together" (1774); agent noun from string (v.).

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