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stringer

stringer

9 7.5
A person who threads beads or racket cords
  • noun
  • /ˈstrɪŋər/
translation icon : encordador (raquetas)
  • I had begun working as a stringer for several American newspapers, covering natural disasters, environmental matters, and occasionally some national politics if there was an exploitable angle, such as corruption or the threat of military skullduggery.

Examples

  • As a skilled stringer, she carefully threaded the beads into a beautiful necklace.

  • The stringer prepared the tennis rackets by threading new strings for better performance.

  • I'm going to fire you as a full time staff writer, but I want to hire you back as a Stringer, he said.

  • Freeland began her career working as a stringer in Ukraine, writing for

    Blog text (12)

  • Some real reporters showed up soon thereafter, including stringers for CNN.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I'm a sports photographer for the Florida State University Athletics Department, a featured photographer for Unconquered Magazine, and a stringer for AP.

    Blog text (29)

  • She is currently a stringer for the BMJ (formerly British Medical Journal).

    Blog text (13)

  • Junior employees hurried to their positions to conclude the afternoon's business, and stringers from newspapers rushed to phone in the unexpected story.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • My grandmother was an excellent stringer who made intricate beaded curtains for our home.

Compounds

second-stringer
  • US
1 7.5

A player who usually sits on the bench and replaces others during games

Surface Forms

stringer singular
stringers plural

Morphology

stringer = string (transparent) = string + er

The suffix '-er' is commonly used to denote a person who performs an action, making the word 'stringer' transparently derived from 'string'.

Etymology

Stringer comes from string ('a thin rope or thread') plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a stringer is literally someone who 'strings' things, like beads or tennis rackets, which explains the job.