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plaiter

plaiter

8.8
A person who braids hair or thin materials like straw and ribbon
  • noun
  • /ˈpleɪtər/
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  • At the craft fair, a skilled plaiter demonstrated how to interlace ribbons into stunning designs.

Examples

  • My sister is an expert plaiter, often styling my hair in intricate patterns.

  • For similar reasons, hairdressers or plaiters are seen as performing a duty.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The talented plaiter created beautiful braids for the wedding ceremony.

Synonyms

braider
vsplaiter
1 3.5

A person who crosses strands of hair or fabric to make a woven pattern

is only a person who does that rather than a tool

Surface Forms

plaiter singular
plaiters plural

Morphology

plaiter = plait (transparent) = plait + er

The agentive suffix '-er' straightforwardly derives 'plaiter' as 'a person who plaits', so the meaning is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word plaiter comes from plait, an old French word meaning 'to fold' or 'to braid', and is like the English word pleat, which is a folded piece of cloth. So a plaiter is someone who folds or weaves strands together to make a braid.