Home › Words › W › wirebenderwirebenderwirebender means an artisan responsible for shaping the wire structures upon which carnival costumes are created.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, wirebender ranks #3,412 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom wire + bender.nounAn artisan responsible for shaping the wire structures upon which carnival costumes are created.e.g.“Benches and tables are set up for the workers headed by professional assistants like the wirebenders on whose expertise so much of the finery of Carnival costumes depend.” — 1992, Adrian Curtis Bird, Trinidad sweet: the people, their culture, their island, page 41:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).