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manurer|məˈnjʊərə(r)| [f. manure v. + -er1.] One who manures; † a cultivator, tiller; an occupier of land (obs.); a fertilizer of land. lit. and fig.
1560–11st Bk. Discipl. Ch. Scot. viii. (1836) 53 The labourers and manurers of the ground. 1569Act 11 Eliz. in Bolton Stat. Irel. (1621) 301 That the inhabitants, manurers, or occupyers of the same doe beare..such charges [etc.]. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 233 He is..the continuall dresser and manurer of His church. 1705W. Bosman Guinea 16 A Land which yields its Manurers as plentiful a Crop as they can wish. 1829E. Jesse Jrnl. Nat. 340 This animal [the earthworm] destined to be the natural manurer of the soil. |