Erector

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who, or a device which erects.

    "At this stage of the construction process the only people on the site would normally be groundworkers and the steel erectors, followed by the roof cladders."

  2. 2
    Any of several muscles that make parts of the body erect.
  3. 3
    An attachment to a microscope, telescope, etc. for making the image erect instead of inverted.
  4. 4
    A vehicle used to support a rocket for transportation and for placing the rocket in an upright position within a gantry scaffold.

Etymology

From Latin ērigō (“I raise up, elevate, lift”), equivalent to erect + -or.

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