Meaning

noun someone who rigs ships

noun a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists

noun someone who works on an oil rig

originEtymology tree English rig Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rigger From rig + -er.

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