Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wearer"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wearer \Wear"er\, n.
1. One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the
wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc.

Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers,
tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton.

2. That which wastes or diminishes.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wearer
n : one that wears or carries or displays something as a body
covering or accessory: "the wearer of the crown"


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