From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishweaverweav‧er /ˈwiːvə $ -ər/ noun [countable] BOTICsomeone whose job is to weave cloth
Examples from the Corpus
weaver• Moses Jeffers was a weaver in the linen factory of Hamilton Robb.• Among nine taken into custody were a weaver, sawyer, carpenter, brewer, blacksmith and several servants.• The average weaver today makes less than minimum wage, with beginners earning as little as $ 1 an hour.• He was a hand-loom weaver then, a real craftsman.• Clothiers in Gloucestershire did not reduce piece rates, and so weavers were able to profit from their enhanced productivity.• Giovanni Crespi SpA, a Milan synthetic textile weaver.• The spinners had to work hard to keep the weaver, a man, at work.• The weavers and martyrs were hung on plates. 