allotmenteern.
/əˌlɒtm(ə)nˈtɪə/, U.S. /əˌlɑtm(ə)nˈtɪ(ə)r/ A person who rents an allotment (allotment n. 2b).
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1918 Evening News (London) 8 June 1/5 The small greengrocer is not much consoled by being told that he can fall back on vegetables. Here he is up against the allotmenteers.
1959 Times 21 Apr. 15/5 As an ‘allotmenteer’ of over 30 years' standing, I must challenge the suggestion..that an allotment cannot be a thing of beauty.
2006 Grow your Own July 7/1 A group of allotmenteers from South Yorkshire has been named community group of the year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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