A weaver is a person who weaves cloth, carpets, or baskets.
weaver in British English
(ˈwiːvə)
noun
1.
a person who weaves, esp as a means of livelihood
2. short for weaverbird
weaver in American English
(ˈwivər)
noun
1.
a person who weaves; esp., one whose work is weaving
2.
weaver finch
Examples of 'weaver' in a sentence
weaver
And had not his son, his own dearest creation, been just such a spinner of spells, a weaver of stories to catch human hearts?
Salley Vickers MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003)
`A weaver to Canterbury his way did wend And I to Heaven his soul I did send.
Grace, C.L A SHRINE OF MURDERS (2003)
So when he started towards me, I scrambled off the oxsain, fled into the weaver 's.
Penman, Sharon HERE BE DRAGONS (2003)
`A woman,' she said, `plays many roles: princess, weaver, mother, warrior, wife.
David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE (2003)
In other languages
weaver
British English: weaver NOUN
A weaver is a person who weaves cloth, carpets, or baskets.
American English: weaver
Brazilian Portuguese: tecelão
Chinese: 织工
European Spanish: tejedor
French: tisserand
German: Weber
Italian: tessitore
Japanese: 織工
Korean: 직조공
European Portuguese: tecelão
Latin American Spanish: tejedor
All related terms of 'weaver'
orb weaver
any of numerous spiders of the family Argiopidae, characterized by loosely woven, spiraling webs that have support lines radiating outward from the center
carpet-weaver
a person who weaves carpets
weaver finch
any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks , grass, etc.
weaver's hitch
→ sheet bend
weaverbird
any small Old World passerine songbird of the chiefly African family Ploceidae, having a short thick bill and a dull plumage and building covered nests : includes the house sparrow and whydahs