plier

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The definition of a plier is a person or thing that plies a trade or works within the trade.

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A person who works as a carpenter is an example of a plier of the carpentry trade.

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See plier in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person or thing that plies

See plier in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also ply·er

noun
  1. One who plies a trade.
  2. pliers A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting.

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