knitter

See also: Knitter

English

Etymology

From Middle English knytter, knettere, equivalent to knit +‎ -er.

Noun

knitter (plural knitters)

A person or a machine that knits.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200:
  “Ave! Old knitter of black wool.

Synonyms

knitster

Derived terms

Translations

one who knits

Belarusian: вяза́льшчык m (vjazálʹščyk), вяза́льшчыца f (vjazálʹščyca)
Bulgarian: плетач m (pletač)
Finnish: neuloja (fi) (person who knits), neulomakone (machine that nits); sitoja (fi) (person or machine that ties); solmija (person or machine that knots)
French: tricoteur (fr) m, tricoteuse (fr) f
Georgian: მქსოველი (mksoveli), საქსოვი მანქანა (saksovi mankana)
German: Stricker m, Strickerin f
Italian: magliaia (it) f
Romagnol: majêra f
Russian: вяза́льщик (ru) m (vjazálʹščik), вяза́льщица (ru) f (vjazálʹščica)
Ukrainian: в'яза́льник (uk) m (vʺjazálʹnyk), в'яза́льниця (uk) f (vʺjazálʹnycja)

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

knitter

inflection of knittern:
1. first-person singular present
2. singular imperative

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