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    QUARRIER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A man who works in a quarryplay

    Synonyms:

    quarrier; quarryman

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("quarrier" is a kind of...):

    worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quarrier"):

    breaker; ledgeman (a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone)

    cutter; stonecutter (someone who cuts or carves stone)

    Derivation:

    quarry (extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry)

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