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erecter

erecter is the alternative form of erector.

Meaning of erector

Noun

erector (plural erectors)

  1. A person who, or a device which erects.
    • At this stage of the construction process the only people on the site would normally be groundworkers and the steel erectors, followed by the roof cladders.2014, Mike Riley, Alison Cotgrave, Construction Technology 2: Industrial and Commercial Building
  2. Any of several muscles that make parts of the body erect.
  3. An attachment to a microscope, telescope, etc. for making the image erect instead of inverted.
  4. A vehicle used to support a rocket for transportation and for placing the rocket in an upright position within a gantry scaffold.

Forms of erecter

pluralerecters

Origin of erecter

From erect + -er.

Questions about erecter

What is erecter the alternative form of?
Erecter is the alternative form of erector.

Words near erecter in the dictionary

  1. erect
  2. erect-crested penguin
  3. erect-crested penguins
  4. erectable
  5. erected
  6. erecter
  7. erecters
  8. erectest
  9. erecteth
  10. erectile
  11. erectile dysfunction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: erecter (page history and authors); erector (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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