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fruiter|ˈfruːtə(r)|
[orig. a. F. fruitier, f. fruit; later prob. independently f. fruit n. or v. + -er1.]
†a. One who deals in, or has the care of fruit.
b. A vessel engaged in the fruit-trade.
c. A tree that produces fruit.
d. A fruit-grower.
a1483Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 22 Besides the fruter and waferer. c1500Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy) 9 Fruyters, chese-mongers, and mynstrelles. 1667Canterbury Marriage Licences 31 July (MS.) William Settertree of Brooke..fruiter. 1860A. Cumming in Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 102 Let them swing to one anchor..(as the fruiters do at St. Michael's). 1870Harper's Mag. XLI. 864 A man can't bring into port..a fruiter from the Levant, with Portuguese and Greeks before the mast. 1882Gard. Chron. No. 421. 79 The former is a handsome variety of medium growth, and a sure fruiter. 1887J. E. McGowan Chattanooga & Tennessee 35 The fruiter, farmers and truckers have now more capital for their business. |