noun
Meaning 1
One who or something that weighs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
weigher
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General-American: /ˈweɪ.ɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.ə/
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noun
Meaning 2
One who or something that weighs.
A person employed at a dock to weigh incoming goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an official who weighs and records the weight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official, functionary
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵh- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵheti Proto-Germanic *weganą Proto-West Germanic *wegan Old English wegan Middle English weyen English weigh English -er English weigher From weigh + -er.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: punnitsija — one who weighs
- Greek: ζυγιστής (zygistís) — one who weighs
- Greek: ζυγίστρια (zygístria) — one who weighs
- Ancient Greek: ζυγοστάτης (zugostátēs) — one who weighs
- Russian: весовщик (vesovščik) — one who weighs
- Russian: весовщица (vesovščica) — one who weighs
- Ukrainian: вага́р (vahár) — one who weighs