weaver
Meanings
noun
- A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
- A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
- A weaverbird.
- An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
- Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
- Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
name
- A surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Calhoun County, Alabama.
- A ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona.
- An unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana.
- An abandoned settlement in Douglas County, Kansas, a victim of frequent flooding.
- An unincorporated community in Wabasha County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
- A river in Cheshire, England.
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Etymology
From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).
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