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framers

framers is the plural of framer.

Meaning of framer

Noun

framer (plural framers)

  1. A person who makes frames for paintings.
  2. A person who assembles the frame of a ship.
  3. (US) A person who assembles the timbers of a wood-framed building.
  4. A person who writes a new law.
    1. (US, capitalized, historical, plural-normally, sometimes) Any of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
      • the Framers of the Constitution
  5. A person who frames another, attempting to have them convicted of a crime they did not commit.

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Noun capitalized: Framers

Framers pl (plural only)

  1. (US, plural, plural-only) The Founding Fathers of the United States; those who framed the US Constitution.

Questions about framers

What does framers mean?
Framers means the Founding Fathers of the United States; those who framed the US Constitution.
What is framers the plural of?
Framers is the plural of framer.
What part of speech is framers?
Framers is a noun.

Words near framers in the dictionary

  1. framer
  2. framerail
  3. framerails
  4. framerate
  5. framerates
  6. framers
  7. framerule
  8. framerules
  9. frames
  10. frames in
  11. frames of mind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: framers (page history and authors); Framers (page history and authors); framer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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