weaver

¹

[wee-ver]

noun

1. a person who weaves.

2. a person whose occupation is weaving.

3. a weaverbird.

Weaver

²

[wee-ver]

noun

1. James Baird, 1833–1912, U.S. politician: congressman 1879–81, 1885–89.

2. Robert Clifton, 1907–97, U.S. economist and government official: first Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966–68.

weaver

/ ˈwiːvə /

noun

1. a person who weaves, esp as a means of livelihood

2. short for weaverbird

Word History and Origins

Origin of weaver¹

First recorded in 1325–75, weaver is from the Middle English word wevere. See weave, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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.

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Behind the looms of a workshop in the heart of Addis Ababa, dozens of weavers deftly repeat the same motions to craft traditional dresses -- a centuries-old skill now threatened by Ethiopia's economic hardships.

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"Many of these students are first-generation graduates. Their parents are farmers, weavers, tailors, policemen - families who take loans to fund their education," she says.

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It also includes diamond workers of western India, who produce much of the world’s polished diamonds, as well as carpet weavers.

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Her organisation supports female weavers, whom she and many others recognise as skilled artisans, through education and training.

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