One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. [1913 Webster]
"Be content to put your trust in honest stringers."
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A libertine; a wencher. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
A longitudinal sleeper. [1913 Webster]
A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. [1913 Webster]
A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. [1913 Webster]
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]
a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage. [PJC]
stringer, n.
1 a longitudinal structural member in a framework, esp. of a ship or aircraft.
2 colloq. a newspaper correspondent not on the regular staff.
3 = STRINGBOARD.