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regrator|rɪˈgreɪtə(r)|
Also 4–6 -our.
[a. AF. regratour = obs. F. regratteur: see regrater.]
1. = regrater 1. Now rare.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 140 Rose þe Regratour Is hire rihte name; Heo haþ holden hoxterye þis Elleuene wynter. 1429Rolls of Parlt. IV. 349/1 A fals craft of regratouris of ȝern. 1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 396 That ther be no citezen regratour of see ffysshe. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xiv. 43 Sic regratouris, the peure men to prevene. 1550Lever Serm. (Arb.) 130 Take awaye leasmongers, regrators and all suche as by byinge and sellynge make thyngs more dere. 1551–2[see regrate v.2 1]. 1592Sc. Acts Parl. (1597) c. 148 Quha gettis in his hand by buying, contract or promises, the growand corne on the field, salbe repute a regratour. 1618Dalton Countr. Just. cxv. (1630) 315 Forestallers Regrators and Engrossers..shall be imprisoned. 1697in Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. xxi. 412/1 That they may sell them in Town dearer to Regrators than those that did bring them in would do. 1772Statutes at Large VIII. 202 An Act for repealing several Laws..against Badgers, Engrossers, Forestallers, and Regrators. 1859[see regratress].
2. = regrater 2.
1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 107 Some of them become regrators, and attend constantly the Plymouth market. 1884Blackw. Mag. Oct. 502/2 They are thrown into the hands of the regrator, who goes round with a cart and buys their goods dirt-cheap. |