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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. someone who rigs ships;

2. a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists;
[syn: rigger, rigger brush]

3. someone who works on an oil rig;
[syn: rigger, oil rigger]

4. a sailing vessel with a specified rig;
- Example: "a square rigger"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rigger \Rig"ger\, n. 1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Painting) A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rigger n 1: someone who rigs ships 2: a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists [syn: rigger, rigger brush] 3: someone who works on an oil rig [syn: rigger, oil rigger] 4: a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger"