What does Weaver mean?

Definitions for Weaver
ˈwi vər; -ˌbɜrdweaver

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Weaver.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. weavernoun

    a craftsman who weaves cloth

  2. weaver, weaverbird, weaver finchnoun

    finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

Wiktionary

  1. weavernoun

    One who weaves.

  2. weavernoun

    Any bird in the family Ploceidae.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Weavernoun

    One who makes threads into cloth.

    Etymology: from weave.

    Upon these taxations,
    The clothiers all not able to maintain,
    The many to them ’longing, have put off
    The spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers. William Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.

    My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. Job vii. 6.

    The weaver may cast religion upon what loom he please. How.

    Her flag aloft spreads ruffling to the wind,
    And sanguine streamers seem the flood to fire:
    The weaver charm’d with what his loom design’d,
    Goes on to see, and knows not to retire. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. weaver

    A weaver is a person or machine that weaves fabric or other material. This process involves interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle, typically done on a loom. In a broader sense, a weaver can also refer to a kind of bird known for its skill in weaving intricate nests.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Weavernoun

    one who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave

  2. Weavernoun

    a weaver bird

  3. Weavernoun

    an aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. weaver

    One of the popular names of the fish Trachinus vipera.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WEAVER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Weaver is ranked #192 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Weaver surname appeared 143,837 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 49 would have the surname Weaver.

    84.4% or 121,413 total occurrences were White.
    9.9% or 14,369 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 3,049 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 2,690 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1% or 1,568 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 748 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Weaver in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Weaver in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Weaver in a Sentence

  1. Jim Palmer:

    The only thing Earl Weaver knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

  2. Jeffrey Lichtman:

    With all the concern for racial and judicial equality for people of color over the past few years, somehow one segment of this population has been ignored : Black children charged and treated as adults in the criminal justice system, does anyone actually think that if Rashaun Weaver was raised as comfortably and with the privilege as the racial justice marchers from the Upper West Side that Rashaun Weaver would be sitting in a jail cell inside a violent' juvenile center' for almost two years, from age 14, rarely getting to see or even speak to Rashaun Weaver parents ?

  3. Ryan Girdusky:

    Weaver had a health incident out of nowhere, and it delayed the publication of the story ...We had three young men going on record, they all dropped out. They were too afraid of the ramifications.

  4. Daily Caller:

    The Lincoln Project was able to avoid commenting on the Weaver allegations partly due to the fact that its co-founders were not asked about them during their many cable news appearances.

  5. Brendon Basiga:

    Simply put, ladies and gentlemen, I can not find any evidence of unethical conduct by Mayor Karen Weaver, i am so glad the independent investigation is complete and clears me and my staff of any wrongdoing regarding donations sent to the City of Flint.

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