Definitions

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  • noun A person who engages in salvage work

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  • noun someone who salvages

Etymologies

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salvage +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Odyssey returns to the U.S. appeals court in May, Gordon said, to fight a Spanish government claim for about $500 million in coins the salvager found and hauled from the bottom of the Atlantic off Portugal in 2007.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • A sci-fi story about two salvager brothers who become involved in a battle to save the future.

    Planet-x.com.au » Lost City Raiders (2008) 2008

  • Not to mention the fact that he was a professional salvager.

    The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010

  • Part of what made him a good salvager was loving the tales attached to the prizes, like the nine-tenths of an iceberg that remained hidden from almost everyone else.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • Part of what made him a good salvager was loving the tales attached to the prizes, like the nine-tenths of an iceberg that remained hidden from almost everyone else.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • In the novel, McGee, a trusty and attractive 6′ 4″ bachelor, faces anxiety and financial woes and works as a “salvager” in Fort Lauderdale, collecting monies and property for his clients.

    Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in The Deep Blue Goodbye | /Film 2009

  • Part of what made him a good salvager was loving the tales attached to the prizes, like the nine-tenths of an iceberg that remained hidden from almost everyone else.

    Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009

  • One of Odyssey's arguments is that Spain had abandoned the shipwreck site — a justification that another salvager, Mel Fisher, used successfully to lay claim to a pair of Spanish ships sunk off the coast of Florida.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

  • Odyssey, on the other hand, argued that as salvager it had the right to a significant percentage of the reclaimed booty regardless of the ship's origins.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

  • One of Odyssey's arguments is that Spain had abandoned the shipwreck site — a justification that another salvager, Mel Fisher, used successfully to lay claim to a pair of Spanish ships sunk off the coast of Florida.

    Odyssey Marine Exploration - Spanish Claim Update Jan 2008

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