rummager

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noun

One who rummages.

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Meanings

nounrummager (plural rummagers)

plural rummagers · alternative romager · alternative roomager

  1. One who rummages.
  2. obsoleteA worker in charge of stowing cargo on a ship.

    The Master must prouide a perfect mariner called a Romager, to romege and bestow all marchandize in such place as is conuenient.

    1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Origin

From rummage + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Margerum
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APA

rummager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rummager

MLA

“rummager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rummager. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rummager,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rummager.

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