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JOINER
joiner
(noun) a woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood
joiner
(noun) a person who likes to join groups
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
joiner (plural joiners)
A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.
Hypernyms
• (maker of wooden furniture or fittings): carpenter
Etymology 2
Noun
joiner (plural joiners)
A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.
A person who joins societies or organizations.
Anagrams
• rejoin
Proper noun
Joiner (plural Joiners)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Joiner is the 2228th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16349 individuals. Joiner is most common among White (64.02%) and Black/African American (31.05%) individuals.
Anagrams
• rejoin
Source: Wiktionary
Join"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, joins.
2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings. "One Snug, the joiner." Shak.
3. A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc.
Syn.
– See Carpenter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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