What does rigger mean?
Definitions for rigger
ˈrɪg ərrig·ger
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Princeton's WordNet
riggernoun
someone who rigs ships
rigger, rigger brushnoun
a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists
rigger, oil riggernoun
someone who works on an oil rig
riggernoun
a sailing vessel with a specified rig
"a square rigger"
Wiktionary
riggernoun
One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.
riggernoun
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.
riggernoun
A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Riggernoun
One that rigs or dresses.
Etymology: from rig.
ChatGPT
rigger
A rigger is a professional who specializes in the assembling, installation, and repair of equipment and heavy machinery, particularly in industries like construction, manufacturing, entertainment, and shipping. Riggers often work with pulleys, cables, winches, and cranes, and they play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and functionality of these structures. They are also involved in loading and unloading heavy items, ensuring they are properly secured and balanced for transportation.
Webster Dictionary
Riggernoun
one who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship
Riggernoun
a cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery
Wikidata
Rigger
A rigger is a person or company that specializes in the lifting and moving of extremely large or heavy objects. The term comes from the days of sailing ships, where a rigger was a person who worked with rigging, that is, ropes for hoisting the sails. Sailors could put their rope skills to work in lifting and hauling, in an era before mechanical haulage and cranes; ropes, pulleys and muscle power was all that was available to move anything. In time riggers and rigging became a trade in itself giving rise to the modern usage, with its roots all but forgotten. Riggers tend to be highly specialized to moving jobs that cannot be accomplished by ordinary means and use equipment expressly designed for moving and lifting objects weighing hundreds of thousands or even millions of pounds or kilograms in places where ordinary material handling equipment cannot go. Because of the highly-specialized nature of the work riggers do, it is one of the few remaining occupations that can only be learned by apprenticeship. Riggers must work together as a cohesive team, and there must be an environment of trust among riggers because of the potentially dangerous nature of rigging.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RIGGER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rigger is ranked #147253 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Rigger surname appeared 112 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rigger.
91.9% or 103 total occurrences were White.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rigger in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rigger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- RiggerGerman
- εξαρτύωνGreek
- aparejadorSpanish
- gréeurFrench
- मेकेनिकHindi
- riggerIndonesian
- riggerPortuguese
- riggerTamil
- رگرUrdu
- 装配工Chinese
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