weeder

weed +‎ -er

weeder (plural weeders)

1. An agricultural worker who removes weeds.
2. A tool used to remove weeds.

• Cape Cod weeder
• weeder class / weeder course

• reweed

From Old High German wedar, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz. The vowel was influenced by German weder. The expected Luxembourgish form would be *wieder; dialectally it is also widder by merger with unrelated widder (“against”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːder/, [vˈeːdɐ]

weeder

1. neither
2. Vill Kanner kënne weeder liesen nach schreiwen.

   Many children can neither read nor write.

From Old Frisian weter. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian wååder, Sylt North Frisian Weeter, Saterland Frisian Woater and West Frisian wetter.

weeder n (plural weedern)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) water

   warem weeder

   warm water

   köögin weeder

   boiling water