weaver
noun
a person who weaves.
weavers
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pluralof weaver.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The loom put weavers out of work, he added, but it raised living standards for everyone who came after.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Because “the demand for woven cloth could fluctuate wildly,” she writes, “as quickly as weavers remembered the good wages, memories of periods of acute hardship came flooding back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Through November, the museum features an open-air spider pavilion, a ticketed exhibit that allows visitors to walk amid hundreds of spiders known as orb weavers and their intricate webs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
Recognition is increasing - not only of the Wayuu bags - but of the indigenous group and the weavers themselves.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025
The two were the patrons of handicrafts, the arts which along with agriculture are the support of civilization; he the protector of the smiths as she of the weavers.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
