WRECKER

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.

2.
n.

One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder.

3.
n.

One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West.

4.
n.

A vessel employed by wreckers.


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