† fountaineern.
Obsolete.
One who has charge of a fountain.
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 220 No gardener nor fountainer.
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox 28 Like those Fountaineers, who shewing curious Water-works and Grotta's..set themselves in some known place where they remain dry, whilst every one else is wetted to the skin.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 109 A basilisc of copper, which as it is managed by the Fontaniere, casts Water neere 60 foote in height.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 110 The Fountaniere represented a showre of raine from the topp.
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