Meaning

noun United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)

noun United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)

noun a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living

originInherited from Middle English fullere, from Old English fullere, from Latin fullō (“fuller”) + -ere; equivalent to full (“to densen cloth”) + -er.

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