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Noun: erector  i'rek-tu(r)
  1. A muscle that raises a body part
    "The erector spinae muscles help maintain posture"
     
  2. A device that makes an image upright in an optical instrument
    "The erector in the telescope corrected the inverted image"
     
  3. A person or thing that erects or builds
    "The crane operator was the primary erector of the steel framework"

Derived forms: erectors

Encyclopedia: Erector