ˈrigə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: rig (III) + -er
1. : one that rigs: as
a. : one whose occupation is fitting the rigging of ships
b. : one that manipulates something (as the stock market or an auction) usually by dishonest means
c. : one who installs or operates the rigging involved in skidding logs from a forest with a power-drawn cable
d. : one of a crew of men who build oil and gas well rigs — called also climber
e. : one who assists in the installation and repair of underground electric cables
f. : one who assembles the parts of awnings that are to be hung
g. : a netmaker who sews the outer edges of netting to ropes
h. : one employed in assembling and aligning aircraft or parachutes
i. : one that works with rigging or similar equipment or tends a rigging machine
crane riggers
scaffold riggers
j. : one that rigs a racing shell
2. : a band pulley or drum
3. : a long slender and pointed sable brush used in painting pictures
4. : a ship of a specified rig
square- rigger
5. : outrigger 1
6. : a scaffold erected in building operations to protect passersby from falling objects