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Erector
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Any of several muscles that make parts of the body erect.
- 3 An attachment to a microscope, telescope, etc. for making the image erect instead of inverted.
- 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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