ˈwool-ˌworker [Cf. G. wollwirker.] One who works in wool. 1372Cal. Wills Crt. Husting, Lond. ii. (1890) 151 [The light of] Wolwyrchers [in the same church].1552Huloet, Wolle worker, lanifex.1903A. Robertson R.C.Ch. in Italy ix. 187 St. Blaise..was once venerated in Yorkshire as the patron of woolworkers.