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beader

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Etymology

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From bead +‎ -er.

Noun

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beader (plural beaders)

  1. One who makes decorative beading.
    • 2008 February 21, Campbell Robertson, “Puttin’ on Razzle-Dazzle, One Bead at a Time”, in New York Times[1]:
      Bessie’s father was a milkman, and her mom was a homemaker, but Aunt Jenny was a beader.
    • 2013, Laura Levaas, The Beader's Stash: Designs from America's Favorite Bead Shop:
      A beader and art glass designer, she opened String Beads twelve years ago with the aim of creating a store to meet the needs and anticipate the desires of any beader.
  2. Synonym of perloir
    • 1903, Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, Illustrated Catalogue - Issue 114, page 809:
      The four pairs of rollers accompanying the No. 4 beader are the single bead, ogee bead, triple and triple coffee pot, as represented in the above cut.

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