SALVAGER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who salvages

Synonyms:

salvager; salvor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("salvager" is a kind of...):

recoverer; rescuer; saver (someone who saves something from danger or violence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salvager"):

stooper (a person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others)

Derivation:

salvage (collect discarded material)

salvage (save from ruin, destruction, or harm)