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chafferer|ˈtʃæfərə(r)| [f. chaffer v. + -er1.] One who chaffers; a dealer, bargainer.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xxvi. 28 Hard is delyuered the chaffarere [1388 marchaunt] fro his necgligence. 1552Huloet, Chafferer of wares, negotiator. 1631Sanderson Serm. ad Aulam i. (1681) II. 5 Bribing and Simoniacal Chafferers have climbed up the highest rounds of Civil and Ecclesiastical Preferments. 1870Lowell Study Wind. 258 The tongue..learned of nurses and chafferers in the market. |