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poisoner|ˈpɔɪzənə(r)|
[f. poison v. + -er1.]
a. One who or that which poisons (lit. and fig.).
1382Wyclif Rev. xxii. 15 Houndes, and venym doers [gl. or poyseners], and vnchaast men. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 83 They that were posynners and posynyd folke. 1563Winȝet Four Scoir Thre Quest. Wks. 1888 I. 52 Poysonnaris of the peple of God. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. i. ii. 352, I must be the poysoner Of good Polixenes. 1693Dryden Juvenal vi. (1697) 159 So many Mischiefs were in one combin'd; So much one single Pois'ner cost Mankind. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. II. ix. 413 Having..stooped to the trade of a secret poisoner. 1889Century Mag. Aug. 510 The cobra surpasses as a poisoner all of our American snakes. 1893Daily News 28 Feb. 5/1 It renders the animal proof against the attacks of the poisoner microbe.
b. A cook, esp. for large numbers. joc. (Austral. and N.Z.).
1905E. C. Buley Austral. Life in Town & Country 23 The shearers' cook is always a competent man and supplies his clients with the best fare obtainable, utterly ‘belying’ the name of ‘poisoner’, usually bestowed upon him. 1936A. Russell Gone Nomad 14, I had to take my turn..as ‘slushy’ to ‘Doughboy’ Terry, the cook—‘camp poisoner’, as we affectionately called him. 1969L. Hadow Full Cycle 208 ‘I'm not much good at cooking but I'll try.’ ‘Never you mind about that. Up north we've got the best poisoners in the country.’
Hence ˈpoisoneress (rare), a female poisoner.
1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. xiii. iv. 183 Nero..commanded the poisoneresse [Agrippina] to be put to death. 1611Cotgr., Empoisonneresse, a poisonneresse, a woman that impoisons. |