second stringer — noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] chiefly US • • • Main Entry: ↑second string … Useful english dictionary
second-stringer — See second string. * * * … Universalium
second-stringer — noun an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced • Syn: ↑substitute, ↑reserve • Derivationally related forms: ↑substitute (for: ↑substitute) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
stringer — [striŋ′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that strings 2. a long piece of timber used as a support; specif., a) a horizontal timber connecting upright posts in a frame b) STRINGPIECE 3. a long, lightweight structural member of an airplane fuselage,… … English World dictionary
second-string — [sek′əndstriŋ′] adj. Informal 1. Sports that is the second or a substitute choice for play at the specified position 2. subordinate or inferior in rank, importance, etc. second stringer n. * * * See second string … Universalium
second string — second string, adj. second stringer, n. 1. Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game. 2. a secondary position, status, or group, as in a level of corporate management.… … Universalium
second-string — [sek′əndstriŋ′] adj. Informal 1. Sports that is the second or a substitute choice for play at the specified position 2. subordinate or inferior in rank, importance, etc. second stringer n … English World dictionary
stringer — noun Date: 14th century 1. one that strings 2. a string, wire, or chain often with snaps on which fish are strung by a fisherman 3. a narrow vein or irregular filament of mineral traversing a rock mass of different material 4. a. a long… … New Collegiate Dictionary
second — I adj 1. secondary, next after the first; next, following, subsequent, consequent, resultant; alternate, other, every other, the next but one. 2. duplicate, copy, replicate, twin; surrogate, fill in, substitute, double. n 3. subordinate,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Second Aeon — was a British literary periodical published from late 1966 to early 1975. It was edited by Peter Finch.Issues and ContributorsIssue 1late 1966Peter FinchIssue 2June, 1967Wes Magee, Peter Finch, Jan Leslie Olsen, Cavan McCarthy, Keith Armstrong… … Wikipedia