Synonyms:
weaver, weaverbird, weaver_finch
Meaning: finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
Synonyms:
weaver
Meaning: a craftsman who weaves cloth
Usage examples
The smith erects some sort of iron, the weaver some sort of linen or woollen manufactory.
And when he was safe off, it is not too much to say, that John was not a whit more delighted than was his intended Irish lassie, Mary Weaver.
To Mr. Still, Dear Sir:--I take this opportunity of addressing these few lines to you hoping to find you in good health I am happy to inform you that Miss Weaver arrived here on Tuesday last, and I can assure you it was indeed a happy day.
He met no one in the silent streets that rang with the echoes of his own footsteps, and was obliged to ask the way to the mayor's house of a weaver who was working late. The magistrate was not far to seek, and in a few minutes the conscript was sitting on a stone bench in the mayor's porch waiting for his billet.