† fruitestern.
Obsolete. rare.
= fruiteress n. (Cf. quot. 1673 for fruit-woman n. at fruit n. Compounds 2.)
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c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 16 Than comen tombesteres Fetys and smale, and yonge frutesteres [v.rr. fruytesteres, fruytsters].
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