rigger n 1: someone who rigs ships 2: a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists [syn: {rigger}, {rigger brush}] 3: someone who works on an oil rig [syn: {rigger}, {oil rigger}] 4: a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger"
Rigger \Rig"ger\, n. 1. One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Painting) A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]