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Wrecker

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

(3):

(n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wrecker'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wrecker.html. 1828.
 
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