OXFORD DICTIONARY
carver, n. US a chair with arms, a rush seat, and a back having horizontal and vertical spindles.
J. Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony, d. 1621, for whom a prototype was allegedly made
carver, n.
1 a person who carves.
2 a a carving knife. b (in pl.) a knife and fork for carving.
3 Brit. the principal chair, with arms, in a set of dining-chairs, intended for the person who carves.
To be distinguished (in sense 3) from Carver.
THESAURUS
carver
burinist, cerographer, chalcographer, chaser, clay modeler, earth artist, engraver, etcher, figurer, figuriste, gem
carver, gem engraver, graphic artist, graver, inscriber, lapidary, line engraver, lithographer, mason, modeler, molder, monumental mason, printmaker, pyrographer, sculptor, sculptress, sculpturer, serigrapher, silk-screen artist, statuary, stonecutter, wax modeler, wood
carver, wood engraver, xylopyrographer
ROGET THESAURUS
carver
Artist
N
artist, painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver, master, old master, draftsman, draughtsman, copyist, dauber, hack, enamel, enameler, enamelist, caricaturist, historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter, engraver, Apelles, sculptor,
carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary, Phidias, Praxiteles, Royal Academician, photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff, wildlife photographer, photo safari, with gun and camera.