"quilter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkwɪtlɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkwɪltə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-quilter.ogg [US] Forms: quilters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪltə(ɹ) Etymology: quilt + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|quilt|er|id2=agent noun}} quilt + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} quilter (plural quilters)
  1. A person whose hobby or profession is making quilts. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-quilter-en-noun-LvDbyZWO Disambiguation of People: 30 38 32
  2. (British) A person who uses a hand or machine stitch to decorate a quilt, or to sew together the layers of a quilt. Tags: British Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-quilter-en-noun-zbLOOgoU Disambiguation of People: 30 38 32 Categories (other): British English
  3. (US) A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated with quilting stitches. Tags: US Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-quilter-en-noun--SLMAq7L Disambiguation of People: 30 38 32 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 34 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 27 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 26 68

Inflected forms

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