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▪ I. perfumer1|pəˈfjuːmə(r)|
[f. perfume v. or n. + -er: perh. after F. parfumeur (1528 in Laborde Gloss. 431), f. parfumer to perfume.]
1. One employed to fumigate or perfume rooms.
1599Shakes. Much Ado i. iii. 60 Being entertain'd for a perfumer, as I was smoaking a musty roome [etc.].
2. One engaged in making or selling perfumes.
1573–80Baret Alv. P 286 A perfumer or that maketh a perfume, suffitor. 1587Golding De Mornay xvii. (1592) 273 He dealt with reason as perfumers doe with Oyles. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 22 Their kitchins may be taken for perfumers shops so sweet and odoriferous. 1724Lond. Gaz. No. 6250/10 Perfumer of Gloves. 1828T. Hook Punning v, Perfumers men of scents must be.
Hence perˈfumeress, a female perfumer.
1631Celestina i. 15 Shee was a Laundresse, a Perfumeresse, a Former of Faces.
▪ II. † perfumer2 Obs.
Also 7 -ier.
[ad. F. parfumier cabinet of perfumes, f. parfum, perfume n.]
A casket of perfumes; a vessel for perfuming.
1591Percivall Spanish Dict., Sahumador, a perfuming pan, or a perfumer. 1601Holland Pliny vii. xxix, Hauing found among the spoils of Darius the king, his perfumier or casket of sweet ointments. 1681Lond. Gaz. No. 1585/4 Stolen.., two Silver hilted Swords,..a Silver Perfumer,..a Drabdeberry Riding Coat. |