1) One carrying on a trade 2) One who keeps busy 3) One working a trade 4) Plier 5) Someone who plies a trade 6) Trades man 7) Tradesman 8) Worker Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/plyer
• (n.) A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew`s cross. • (n.) See Pliers. • (n.) One who, or that which, plies Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/plyer/
Ply'er noun One who, or that which, plies ; specifically: (a) plural A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross. (b) plural See Pliers . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/112