1. stringer - Noun
2. Stringer - Proper noun
One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
A libertine; a wencher.
A longitudinal sleeper.
A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFor a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written. They'd measure it and pay you 10 cents an inch for your printed copy. Charles Kuralt
It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching Daddy's Little Girls literally in tears. Idris Elba
And I thank the hundred who rang, from Sen. Chuck Schumer to Comptroller Scott Stringer to a first call in 10 years from Dan Rather, who said: “If you ever need bail money, you can call on me.” Source: Internet
A Board of Trustees chaired by Sir Howard Stringer and a Board of Directors chaired by Robert A. Daly guide the organization, which is led by President and CEO Bob Gazzale (as of October 2014). Source: Internet
Also getting a little bit country were female songwriting trio Dyson Stringer Cloher, whose on-stage repartee was as seamless as their honeyed harmonies. Source: Internet
Almost ten years later, Idei's successor, Howard Stringer closed down AIBO and other robotic projects. Source: Internet