1
: one that weaves especially as an occupation
2
: any of numerous Old World passerine birds (family Ploceidae) that resemble finches and typically construct elaborate nests of interlaced vegetation
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Jane Wilhelm Daniels, a textile weaver, gardener and former librarian, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 2 at her Roland Park home.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
The harsh reality of their task has pushed more streamers to help each other, easing previous tensions as alchemists created potions as temporary salves for wounds sustained in dungeon expeditions, weavers made cloth armor for healers and valuable bags to store items.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
Marlowe didn’t set out to become one of Indian Country’s most unconventional weavers, though he’s been interested in the art since observing his maternal grandmother weave.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
For four centuries the Gobelins Manufactory has made tapestries here, and today the government still pays dozens of weavers to carry on by hand.
—airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
The harsh reality of their task has pushed more streamers to help each other, easing previous tensions as alchemists created potions as temporary salves for wounds sustained in dungeon expeditions, weavers made cloth armor for healers and valuable bags to store items.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
Marlowe didn’t set out to become one of Indian Country’s most unconventional weavers, though he’s been interested in the art since observing his maternal grandmother weave.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
For four centuries the Gobelins Manufactory has made tapestries here, and today the government still pays dozens of weavers to carry on by hand.
—airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
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weaver
noun
weav·er
ˈwē-vər 
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: one that weaves
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