weaver

Meaning

1. A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
2. A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
3. A weaverbird.
4. An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
5. Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
6. Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.

Synonyms

knitter

weaver finch

weaverbird

webster

weaver bird

blacksmith

Weaver

barber

💈

milkman

weaving

Translations

tisserand

Weber

tejedor

tessitore

υφαντής

wever

tisseur

Weberin

tisseuse

tisserin

tejedora

tisserande

tessitrice

tecelão

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wevere

Inherited from Old English: *wefere

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Weeuwer

Cognate with Dutch: wever

Cognate with German: Weber

Cognate with Swedish: vävare

Cognate with Icelandic: vefari

In summary

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”).