salvager
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6.9
- noun
- /ˈsæl.vɪ.dʒər/
:
salvador
- The local salvager worked tirelessly to reclaim items from the wreckage of the crashed plane.
- salvagers found
Examples
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Large loads are hauled by Aggie Recycling staff, while a salvager is brought in for smaller amounts.
Academic text (2000) -
Salvagers have jacked some stuff over the years for metal... but it's all URM technology, so it's mostly been left alone.
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Sales of recyclables can be made to salvagers or directly to vendors.
Academic text (2000) -
In both cases, then, the professional salvagers of culture find a myth useful in legitimating their work.
Academic text (1991) -
- I'm a salvager.
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Harry Bohna founded Happy Harry's, a Canadian salvager/reseller of used building materials, back in 1989.
Academic text (2000) -
The door was missing, as were virtually all the doors in the complex, hauled off by the salvagers and resold for a few bucks apiece.
Fiction book (1992) -
Vacuum-assisted Solvo-Salvager distillation systems allow in-plant purification and reuse of up to 98 percent of contaminated solvents.
Academic text (1998) -
Explorers and salvagers use sonar and other telemetry equipment to locate sea wrecks in attempts to reclaim valuable treasures of jewels, gold, and silver!
Academic text (2007) -
After the storm, the skilled salvager recovered valuable cargo from the sunken ship.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who collects and fixes old broken things to sell or keep
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9.9
A person or company that recovers ships and cargo from the sea
A person who saves or gets back things from danger
A person or machine that takes useful materials from waste to use again
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Etymology
Salvager comes from the Latin root salvare, meaning 'to save', and is the same root you see in the common word save and salvation. So a salvager is literally someone who 'saves' things, for example by recovering goods from a shipwreck or clearing useful items after a disaster.