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profiter|ˈprɒfɪtə(r)|
[f. profit v. + -er1.]
One who profits. †a. One who advances or makes progress, an improver. Obs.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 73 b, The feare of profyters, that is, of them that profyteth in vertue and perfeccyon. Ibid. 157 The pilgrymes..as yet..but begyn the iourney of grace, or els be as yet but profyters in religyon.
b. One who makes profit or gain by anything.
1800Colquhoun Comm. Thames iv. 178 Seven Hundred may have been Profiters by the excessive Plunder. 1835Tait's Mag. II. 248 They were profiters, not inventors; eagerly adopting every improvement suggested by strangers. 1855Chambier My Travels III. i. 15 The affluent profiters by exchange, light or foreign coin, occupy the ground floor. |