A person who uses an adze, especially a skilled woodworker or carpenter who specializes in shaping timber with this tool.
From adze + -er (agent suffix). The term appears in guild records and craft documentation from medieval England, where 'adzers' were recognized as specialist craftspeople, distinct from carpenters using other tools.
In medieval English guilds, adzers had their own separate trade classification from regular carpenters—they were seen as specialists with almost surgical precision, and their work on ships and fine furniture commanded premium prices because it required years of training.
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