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FRAMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does framer mean?
• FRAMER (noun)
The noun FRAMER has 2 senses:
1. someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
2. someone who writes a new law or plan
Familiarity information: FRAMER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("framer" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Derivation:
frame (enclose in a frame, as of a picture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who writes a new law or plan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
the framers of the Constitution
Hypernyms ("framer" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Derivation:
frame (make up plans or basic details for)
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