ouvreur

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ouvreur === Noun === ouvreur (plural ouvreurs) (dated, rare) An usher == French == === Etymology 1 === From ouvrir +‎ -eur. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /u.vʁœʁ/ ==== Noun ==== ouvreur m (plural ouvreurs, feminine ouvreuse) opener forerunner usher === Etymology 2 === From ouvrer +‎ -eur (found in Old French as ovrëor, ovreur, ouvreor), possibly corresponding to Latin operātōrem, and therefore a doublet of the borrowing opérateur. ==== Noun ==== ouvreur m (plural ouvreurs, feminine ouvreuse) a worker in papermaking, charged with drawing out the paste from the vat and spreading it evenly to make a sheet a worker in glassmaking a worker who fashions textile materials and prepares them for weaving ===== Related terms ===== ouvrer ouvrier ==== See also ==== papetier verrier === Further reading === “ouvreur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012