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weaver

[wee-ver] / ˈwi vər /
NOUN
maker of cloth, baskets, rope
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basketmaker clothier clothmaker garmentworker loomworker textile worker webcrafter webmaker wickerworker
STRONG
braider interlacer knitter plaiter twiner
Antonyms
STRONGEST
tangler unraveler


NOUN
inventor of tales
Synonyms


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The film has an A-list cast, with other stars including Peter Dinklage as the basket weaver, Elizabeth Debicki as the tailor's wife, and Richard E Grant as the village doctor.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Researchers from several South American institutions have identified a new species of crevice weaver spider, expanding what scientists know about the Pikelinia genus.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

Shadrack Yao Agboli, a fugu weaver who also works with the National Commission on Culture, has a home workshop where long bands of hand-loomed fabric hang to dry in the afternoon sun.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

One diarist, Samuel Bamford, gave up a warehouse job to become a weaver and wrote that the change gave him leisure time to enjoy “country amusements with the other young fellows.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

“Truly, you know much, big mother. Your wisdom is great, but that is all the more reason why you cannot leave. The weaver warned us you would come.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

The streets are also named for these weavers of words, so they’re overhead and underfoot.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Rather, she supports "the weavers, the embroiderers, all those who use backstrap looms in our country -- mostly women -- who are a source of national pride," the 63-year-old recently told journalists.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 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

Peasants thus had to work periodically for the empire as farmers, herders, weavers, masons, artisans, miners, or soldiers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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