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salvager

noun

Etymology

From salvage + -er.

  1. derived from silvāticus — “wild”
  2. derived from *salvāticus✻
  3. derived from salvatge
  4. borrowed from salvaje
  5. suffixed as salvager — “salvage + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who engages in salvage work.

    • The fuel tank in the right wing has a small leak, and investigators and salvagers decided to empty it before moving the barge […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA