What is "springer"

Springbok \Spring"bok`\ (-b[o^]k`), Springbuck \Spring"buck`\ (-b[u^]k`), n. [D. springbok; springen to spring, leap + bok a he-goat, buck.] (Zo["o]l.) A South African gazelle ( Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lightly and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer. [Written also springboc, and springbock.]

"one who or that which leaps," mid-14c. (late 12c. as a surname), agent noun from spring (v.). As a type of spaniel, 1808, so called from being used originally to rouse (that is, to "spring") game.

n. 1 A person that springs. 2 Anything that springs. 3 A spring salmon. 4 A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs). 5 A springing cow. 6 A springer spaniel. 7 A springbok.

1. n. the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs [syn: impost]

2. a cow about to give birth [syn: springing cow]

3. a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white [syn: springer spaniel]

Springer or springers may refer to:

Springer is the 2003 debut EP by the Danish group Efterklang. They self-released it on their Rumraket label in 2003, employing the do-it-yourself aesthetic by making 500 copies packaged in fake white fur. It was later released worldwide by The Leaf Label in April 2005.

Springer is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. For trademark reasons, many toys of the character are named Autobot Springer.

The Springer (complete name: Mittlerer Ladungsträger Springer, Sd.Kfz. 304) was a demolition vehicle of the German Wehrmacht in World War II.

Springer is a German surname. Szprynger and Szpringer are Polonised forms. Špringer is the Slavonised form, used for example in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia.

Springer is the surname of:

• Aaron Springer, animator and storyboard artist
• Anna Joy Springer, Third Wave feminist writer and artist
• Anton Springer (1825–1891), German art historian and writer
• Axel Springer (1912–1985), German journalist and publisher, founder of Axel Springer AG
• Clement Springer, folk musician
• Curtis Howe Springer, American radio evangelist, self-proclaimed doctor and minister
• Dennis Springer, Major League baseball pitcher
• Eintou Pearl Springer, poet
• F. Springer (b. 1932), the pseudonym of Dutch writer and diplomat Carel Jan Schneider
• Frank Springer (b. December 6, 1929), American comic book and comic strip artist
• Friede Springer, female German publisher, widow of Axel Springer
• George Springer (mathematician) (b. 1924), American mathematician
• George Springer (b. 1989), American baseball player
• Sir Hugh Springer (1913–1994), Barbados trade union organizer and Governor-General
• Jerry Springer (born 1944), sensationalist talk show host and former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati
• Julius Springer (1817–1877), German publisher and founder of Springer-Verlag (now part of Springer Science+Business Media)
• Linda M. Springer, eighth director of Office of Personnel Management
• Melissa Springer, American photojournalist
• Mike Springer (b. November 3, 1965), American professional golfer
• Moses Springer (1824–1898), Canadian businessman and politician
• Nancy Springer (b. 1948), American author
• Rebecca Ruter Springer (1832–1904), American writer
• Robert C. Springer, American astronaut
• Russ Springer, Major League baseball pitcher
• Stewart Springer, shark expert
• Timothy Springer, American scientist
• Tonny Albert Springer, Dutch mathematician
• Tony Springer, Canadian guitarist
• Victor G. Springer, scientist specializing in fish
• Yakov Springer, also (circa 1921 – 1972), Polish-Israeli wrestler killed in the Munich massacre at the Summer Olympics

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A springer is an architectural term for the lowest voussoir on each side of an arch. Since it is the bottom-most element of the arch, it is where the arch support terminates at the responds. It rests on the impost or pier of the arch, that is, the topmost part of the abutment, from which the arch arises.

Springer (born late 1999 or early 2000), officially named A73, is a wild orca (also known as killer whale) from the Northern Resident Community of orcas which every summer frequent the waters off the northern part of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (BC). In 2002, Springer, then a calf, was discovered alone and emaciated some 250 miles from her family's (called a pod), territory. Experts identified Springer by her vocal calls that is specific to her pod and by examining photographs of her eye patch. They were also able determine where Springer's pod was currently located.

Months of heated public debate ensued until the United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) made the decision to capture the young orca and try to reintegrate her into her pod. On June 12, 2002, Springer was captured and moved to a seapen in Manchester, Washington. On July 13, after medical treatment and rehabilitation, Springer was transported to Johnstone Strait, BC and held in a seapen at Dongchong Bay, Hanson Island and released the next day. In October, Springer was seen traveling with her pod to the open ocean. The following July, she returned to Johnstone Strait with the same orca pod.

As of 2013, Springer has been observed with her pod in Johnstone Strait, becoming the only cetacean in history to be successfully reintegrated into a wild population after human intervention. In July 2013, 11 years after her rescue, Springer was seen off the central British Columbia coast with a new calf and is considered to be a contributing member of that population.