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What (who) is comber - definition

TOWN IN COUNTY DOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND

Comber Primary School; Comber, County Down

comber

comber¹ ['k??m?]

¦ noun

1. a long curling sea wave.

2. a person or machine that combs cotton or wool.

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comber² ['k?mb?]

¦ noun a small coastal sea bass. [Serranus cabrilla.]

Origin

C18: of unknown origin.

Comber

·noun A long, curling wave.

II. Comber ·noun Encumbrance.

III. Comber ·vt To Cumber.

IV. Comber ·noun The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.

V. Comber ·noun One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, ·etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, ·etc.

Leon Comber

Draft:Leon Comber

Leonard "Leon" Francis Comber (born 20 September 1921) is a British military and police officer, and later book publisher, operating in British India, Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. He was also an editor and author of books relating to South-East Asia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Comber

Wikipedia

Comber

Comber (from Irish: An Comar, meaning 'the confluence' , CUM-ber, locally cummer) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 5 miles (8 km) south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower. Comber is part of the Ards and North Down Borough. It is also known for Comber Whiskey which was last distilled in 1953. A notable native was Thomas Andrews, the designer of the RMS Titanic and was among the many who went down with her. Comber had a population of 9,529 people in the 2021 Census.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comber

Examples of use of comber

1. Its directors include Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Comber and Mrs Kulkarni.

2. After a sumptuous meal and unlimited wine, Jacqui Comber, centre, and Ruth Kennedy, right, spent the night at a posh London hotel.

3. But Eshkol was underwhelmed by Allon, whom he called "that stupid hair–comber" in an interview with Davar editor Hannah Zemer.

4. On November 2, Mrs Kennedy, 48, Mrs Comber, 48, Mrs Kulkarni, 38, and a senior colleague flew business class to Australia with Singapore Airlines, at an estimated cost of 3,800 each.

5. Extravagance: Jacqui Comber, centre, and Ruth Kennedy, right at the 15,000 black–tie Christmas party The executives, who run the NHS Improvement Foundation, have splashed out tens of thousands of pounds sending themselves on foreign jaunts to discuss how to improve the debt–ridden service.