rigger noun¹. ['rɪgǝ] E17.
[from RIG verb², noun⁵ + -ER¹. In sense 6 abbreviation of OUTRIGGER.]
I.
1. a. A person who rigs ships. E17.
b. A person who attends to the rigging of aircraft. E20.

2. A belt-driven wheel. L18.

3. As 2nd elem. of comb.: a ship rigged in a specified way. L19.
full-rigger, square-rigger, etc.

4. A person who works with lifting-tackle; a person who erects and maintains scaffolding etc. E20.

5. A worker on an oil rig. M20.

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rigger(1)
II.

6. = OUTRIGGER 5. E20.

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rigger noun². ['rɪgǝ] E19.
[from RIG verb⁴ + -er¹.]
A trickster; a fraudulent manipulator; a person who rigs a market etc.

► See also THIMBLERIGGER.

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