Usually means: Journalist who contributes stories freelance.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word stringer:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. stringer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stringer: Merriam-Webster
  3. stringer, stringer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stringer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stringer: Collins English Dictionary
  6. stringer: Vocabulary.com
  7. Stringer, stringer: Wordnik
  8. Stringer, stringer: Wiktionary
  9. stringer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. stringer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. stringer: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. stringer: Dictionary.com
  13. Stringer (aircraft), Stringer (journalism), Stringer (name), Stringer (stairs), Stringer (surname), Stringer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Stringer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. stringer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. stringer: Rhymezone
  17. Stringer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. stringer: FreeDictionary.org
  19. stringer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. -stringer, stringer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stringer: Marquetry Glossary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Stringer: Radio Programming and Production

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -stringer, stringer: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. STRINGER, STRINGER, STRINGER: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. stringer: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. stringer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. stringer: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  4. Stringer: Latitude Mexico

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noun:  Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
noun:  Someone who strings someone along.
noun:  A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
noun:  (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
noun:  A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
noun:  (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
noun:  (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
noun:  (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
noun:  (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
noun:  (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
noun:  A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
noun:  (obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.
noun:  (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
noun:  A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States, named after a postmaster.

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