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1. (n.) wrecker
a person or thing that wrecks.
2. wrecker
a person, car, or train employed in removing wreckage, debris, etc., as from railroad tracks.
3. wrecker
a person or business that demolishes and removes houses or other buildings, as in clearing sites for other use.
4. wrecker
a person or vessel employed in recovering salvage from wrecked or disabled vessels.
5. wrecker
a person who plunders wrecks, esp. after exhibiting false signals in order to cause shipwrecks.
Etymology: (1795–1805)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wrecker
someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
2. (noun) saboteur, wrecker, diversionist
someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
3. (noun) tow truck, tow car, wrecker
a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Wrecker
one who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like
2. (noun) Wrecker
one who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West
3. (noun) Wrecker
a vessel employed by wreckers
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