English

Noun

tricoteuse ‎(plural tricoteuses)

1. A woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
   • 2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times:

     Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.

French

Etymology

From tricoter +‎ -euse

Noun

tricoteuse f ‎(plural tricoteuses) (Masculine: tricoteur)

1. knitter (female)