From Middle English comber, camber, equivalent to comb + -er.
Meanings
A person who combs wool, etc.
A machine that combs wool, etc.
A long, curving wave breaking on the shore.
The mighty combers crashed down with long echoing reverberations like the roar of great cannons, followed by the ominous swish of broken water rushing across the reef in mad clouds of foam and spray. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:
fi kampaaja (person who combs wool) · bg разбиваща се вълна (long, curving wave) · bg дарак (machine that combs wool) · el ξάντης (person who combs wool) · pl postrzygacz (person who combs wool) · fi laine (long, curving wave) · el λαναράς (person who combs wool)