stringer
pronunciation
How to pronounce stringer in British English:
UK [ˈstrɪŋə(r)]
How to pronounce stringer in American English:
US [ˈstrɪŋɚ]
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- Noun:
- a member of a squad on a team
- a worker who strings
- brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
Word Origin
- stringer (n.)
- early 15c., "one who makes bow-strings," agent noun from string (v.). Meaning "newspaper correspondent paid by length of copy" is from 1950, probably from earlier figurative sense of "one who strings words together" (1774).
Example
- 1. That way , whoever is on the spot becomes a " just-in-time stringer . "
- 2. Predecessors howard stringer and nobuyuki idei never attended the show during their years at the helm .
- 3. Mr. stringer said even mr. jobs had doubts apple could deliver the unprecedented design .
- 4. A farmer takes water form a dried-up pond to water his vegetable field on the outskirts of yingtan , jiangxi province . Photograph : stringer shanghai / reuters
- 5. Howard stringer , the boss of sony , is the kind of person you would expect to relish such gatherings .