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SALVAGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does salvager mean?
• SALVAGER (noun)
The noun SALVAGER has 1 sense:
1. someone who salvages
Familiarity information: SALVAGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who salvages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
salvager; salvor
Hypernyms ("salvager" is a kind of...):
recoverer; rescuer; saver (someone who saves something from danger or violence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salvager"):
stooper (a person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others)
Derivation:
salvage (collect discarded material)
salvage (save from ruin, destruction, or harm)
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