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fuller1 definition

fuller (fo̵ol′ər)

noun

a person whose work is to full cloth

Etymology: ME < OE fullere < L fullo, prob. < IE *bheld-, to strike > bolt

fuller2 definition

fuller (fo̵ol′ər)

noun

  1. a tool used by blacksmiths to hammer grooves into iron
  2. a groove so made

Etymology: < ? obs. full, to make full, complete < full

Fuller definition

Ful·ler (fo̵ol′ər)

  1. Fuller, (Richard) Buckminster (buk′min stər) 1895-1983; U.S. engineer, inventor, & philosopher
  2. (fo̵ol′ər)
    Fuller, (Sarah) Margaret (Marchioness Ossoli) 1810-50; U.S. writer, critic, & social reformer
  3. (fo̵ol′ər)
    Fuller, Melville Weston (wes′tən) 1833-1910; U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. (1888-1910)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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