fruitern.
/ˈfruːtə/, U.S. /ˈfrudər/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of fruit
fruiterer1408
apple seller1440
fruitera1483
costard-jagger?1518
costermonger?1518
apple-monger1540
pippin-monger1607
oporopolist1671
fructster1688
orange merchant1693
coster1851
pearly king1902
pearly1917
a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 22 Besides the fruter and waferer.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vv Fruyters, chese mongers, and mynstrelles.
1667 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences 31 July William Settertree of Brooke..fruiter.
b. A vessel engaged in the fruit-trade.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying food or water
water ship1653
paddy boat1698
pippiner1725
ark1809
beef-boat1836
forage-boat1848
fruiter1860
fruit-clipper1864
oranger1880
1860 A. Cumming in Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 102 Let them swing to one anchor..(as the fruiters do at St. Michael's).
1870 Harper's Mag. Nov. 864 A man can't bring into port..a fruiter from the Levant, with Portuguese and Greeks before the mast.
c. A tree that produces fruit.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > fruit-tree
bearera1387
fruita1400
fruit tree1577
orchard tree1638
fruiter1882
1882 Gardeners' Chron. No. 421. 79 The former is a handsome variety of medium growth, and a sure fruiter.
d. A fruit-grower.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > one who
fruiterer1612
pomarist1688
orchardist1794
orchardman1796
fruitist1824
pomologist1826
fruiter1887
pomiculturist1895
1887 J. E. McGowan Chattanooga & Tennessee 35 The fruiter, farmers and truckers have now more capital for their business.
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