carver

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: carv=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

carver, n. 

•  One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc.  Dodsley.  [1913 Webster]

  "The carver of his fortunes."  [1913 Webster]
•  One who carves or divides meat at table.  [1913 Webster]
•  A large knife for carving.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carver, n. US a chair with arms, a rush seat, and a back having horizontal and vertical spindles.

Etymology

J. Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony, d. 1621, for whom a prototype was allegedly made

carver, n.
1 a person who carves.
2 a a carving knife. b (in pl.) a knife and fork for carving.
3 Brit. the principal chair, with arms, in a set of dining-chairs, intended for the person who carves.

Usage

To be distinguished (in sense 3) from Carver.

THESAURUS

carver

burinist, cerographer, chalcographer, chaser, clay modeler, earth artist, engraver, etcher, figurer, figuriste, gem carver, gem engraver, graphic artist, graver, inscriber, lapidary, line engraver, lithographer, mason, modeler, molder, monumental mason, printmaker, pyrographer, sculptor, sculptress, sculpturer, serigrapher, silk-screen artist, statuary, stonecutter, wax modeler, wood carver, wood engraver, xylopyrographer

ROGET THESAURUS

carver

Artist

N artist, painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver, master, old master, draftsman, draughtsman, copyist, dauber, hack, enamel, enameler, enamelist, caricaturist, historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter, engraver, Apelles, sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary, Phidias, Praxiteles, Royal Academician, photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff, wildlife photographer, photo safari, with gun and camera.