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rummager

rummager noun: one who rummages.

Noun

rummager (plural rummagers)

  1. One who rummages.
  2. (obsolete) A worker in charge of stowing cargo on a ship.
    • The Master must prouide a perfect mariner called a Romager, to romege and bestow all marchandize in such place as is conuenient.1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Forms of rummager

pluralrummagers
alternative formromager
alternative formroomager

Origin of rummager

From rummage + -er.

Questions about rummager

What does rummager mean?
Rummager means one who rummages.
What part of speech is rummager?
Rummager is a noun.
What is the plural of rummager?
The plural of rummager is rummagers.

Words near rummager in the dictionary

  1. rummage sale
  2. rummage sales
  3. rummage squad
  4. rummage squads
  5. rummaged
  6. rummager
  7. rummagers
  8. rummages
  9. rummaging
  10. rummagings
  11. rummagy

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