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willyer

willyer noun: one who operates a device for willying.

Noun

willyer (plural willyers)

  1. (archaic, historical, obsolete) One who operates a device for willying.
    • Though Socialism is rampant amongst certain of the Yorkshire wool workers, there have been singularly few disturbances in this trade, and the Masters' Associations were more or less moribund until 1906, when there was a sudden strike of willyers and fettlers, which had the effect of stimulating...1913, Charles Watney, Industrial Warfare, the Aims and Claims of Capital and Labour

Forms of willyer

pluralwillyers

Origin of willyer

Related to the words woollier and wool.

Questions about willyer

What does willyer mean?
Willyer means one who operates a device for willying.
What part of speech is willyer?
Willyer is a noun.
What is the plural of willyer?
The plural of willyer is willyers.

Words near willyer in the dictionary

  1. willya
  2. willyamite
  3. Willyams
  4. Willyard
  5. Willyards
  6. willyer
  7. willyers
  8. willying
  9. Willys
  10. willywagtail
  11. willywagtails

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