Found 1 items, similar to string correspondent.
English → English (gcide) Definition: string correspondent Stringer \String"er\ (str[i^]ng"[~e]r), n. 1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. [1913 Webster] Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. --Ascham. [1913 Webster] 2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper. [1913 Webster] 4. (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. [1913 Webster] 5. (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. [1913 Webster] 6. (Newspapers) A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also string correspondent. [PJC] 7. (Aviation) a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage. [PJC]