Fringer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fringer is a noun meaning A person who makes fringes for garments.
Meaning
A person who makes fringes for garments.
More Meanings
- (scrapbooks) A device for making paper fringes
- One who attends Fringe theater festival (e.g., the Edinburgh Fringe festival)
- A person on the fringe of anything; e.g. a crowd, or society in general
Example Sentences
In any gathering there are always those at the fringe of the crowd where they can creep away when the message goes against their liking. You might call them fringers.
The region was remote; the early explorers were pirates, fugitives and fringers, followed by miscellaneous settlers, to the effect that Camberwell had been inhabited for many thousands of years.
Word Forms
- fringers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fringing, fringelet, frizer, frisette, fringie, frill.
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