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WEIGHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weigher mean?
• WEIGHER (noun)
The noun WEIGHER has 1 sense:
1. an official who weighs and records the weight
Familiarity information: WEIGHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An official who weighs and records the weight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("weigher" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Derivation:
weigh (determine the weight of)
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