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† fountaiˈneer Obs.
In 7 -e(e)r(e, -iere; also fontanier.
[ad. F. fontainier, fontenier: see -eer1.]
One who has charge of a fountain.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 220 No gardener nor fountainer. 1644Evelyn Diary 27 Feb., A basilisc of copper, whch managed by the fountainere, casts water neere 60 feet high..The fountainiere represented a showre of raine from the topp. 1652Wright tr. 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. |