stringer
stringer Lexical Profile
stringer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A freelance journalist, photographer, or part-time correspondent who is retained by a newspaper or broadcast organization to report on events in a particular place and is typically paid per published piece rather than receiving a regular salary.
"The international news agency relies on a network of local stringers to cover breaking events in remote provinces."
A long horizontal timber, beam, or structural member used in buildings, bridges, ships, or aircraft fuselages to connect upright posts and support floors, stair treads, or outer plating.
"The carpenter carefully cut notches into the wooden stringers before installing the new staircase."
A thin strip of wood, fiberglass, or carbon fiber running lengthwise down the center of a surfboard to provide structural strength and control flexibility.
"The custom surfboard features a dark redwood stringer laminated down the middle of the foam blank."
North American A cord, chain, or wire fitted with hooks or snaps, used by anglers to hold caught fish in the water and keep them alive.
"He secured the trout onto his metal stringer and tied the end to a root along the riverbank."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in English from the verb 'string' plus the agent suffix '-er'. The journalistic sense originated in the late 19th century, because freelance correspondents were historically paid by the column inch after pasting their published clippings together in a continuous strip or 'string' to measure their total length.