weaver
/ˈwi.vɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
noun
A weaverbird.
noun
Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
name
A surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
name
A number of places in the United States:
Example Sentences
- "The Silks, varniſh'd Works, Ink, Paper, and in general every thing that comes, both from Nan-king and the other Cities of the Province, which carry on an aſtoniſhing Trade, is much more eſteem'd and dear, than what is brought from other Provinces. In the City Shang-hay only, and the Villages belonging to it, they reckon above 200,000 Weavers of Callico."
- "To add a new weaver, simply soak a new one, slide one end under a rib (over the old weaver) and continue weaving with both of them until the old one runs out. […] If your weaver has dried, rewet it and weave several rows as in Diagram 26."
- "The oldest Weaver girls, Sara, 16, and Rachel, 10, were unharmed, as was their infant sister, Elisheba, whom Vicki had been holding when a sniper’s bullet crashed into her head."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wevere, *wefere, *webārī
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwi.vɚ/
- British English: /ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.