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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a member of a squad on a team;
- Example: "a first stringer"
- Example: "a second stringer"

2. a worker who strings;
- Example: "a stringer of beads"

3. brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull;

4. a long horizontal timber to connect uprights;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stringer \String"er\ (str[i^]ng"[~e]r), n. 1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. [1913 Webster] Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. --Ascham. [1913 Webster] 2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper. [1913 Webster] 4. (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. [1913 Webster] 5. (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. [1913 Webster] 6. (Newspapers) A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also string correspondent. [PJC] 7. (Aviation) a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stringer n 1: a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer" 2: a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads" 3: brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull 4: a long horizontal timber to connect uprights