fringer

fringer noun: a person who makes fringes for garments.

Noun

fringer (plural fringers)

A person who makes fringes for garments
(scrapbooks) A device for making paper fringes
One who attends Fringe theater festival (e.g., the Edinburgh Fringe festival)
A person on the fringe of anything; e.g. a crowd, or society in general
- The region was remote; the early explorers were pirates, fugitives and fringers, followed by miscellaneous settlers, to the effect that Camberwell had been inhabited for many thousands of years.1998, Jack Vance, Night Lamp http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0312864728&id=fEfpyaadd7cC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&sig=6m1yzALlxahLdw7yucMb6umOn-4
- In any gathering there are always those at the fringe of the crowd where they can creep away when the message goes against their liking. You might call them fringers.2001, Leslie A Turvey in Blessed Are They Which Are Persecuted, March 25, 2001

Fringer (countable and uncountable, plural Fringers)

From fringe + -er.

What does fringer mean?: Fringer means a person who makes fringes for garments.
What part of speech is fringer?: Fringer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fringer?: The plural of fringer is fringers.

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