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beader en · NOUN

Etymology

From bead + -er.

Meanings

1. One who makes decorative beading.
   • 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. 2013, Laura Levaas, The Beader's Stash: Designs from America's Favorite Bead Shop:
   • Bessie’s father was a milkman, and her mom was a homemaker, but Aunt Jenny was a beader. 2008 February 21, Campbell Robertson, “Puttin’ on Razzle-Dazzle, One Bead at a Time”, in New York Times:
2. Synonym of perloir.
   • 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. 1903, Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, Illustrated Catalogue - Issue 114, page 809:

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Synonyms

perloir