pisteurn.
/piːˈstəː/, /pɪˈstəː/, U.S. /piˈstər/ 1. In French-speaking African countries: a person familiar with animal tracks; a game warden. rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > gamekeeping > [noun] > gamekeeper
warrener1297
ranger1327
walker1482
underkeeper1502
browser1538
tineman1577
waterkeeper1590
gamekeeper1645
rider1647
preserver1749
garde champêtre1814
field ranger1835
warden1835
velveteens1857
keeper1863
game warden1876
pisteur1936
1936 Sci. Monthly Oct. 323/2 In Yaoundé one of the French officials told us that..the chef de poste there had a very good pisteur and that gorillas were plentiful.
1997 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 26 Oct. 52 Reports said that a patrol had been ambushed, with up to five pisteurs—the game guards—wounded.
2. Skiing. A person employed to prepare the snow on a piste for skiers.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > working at ski resort > others
ski patrol1936
ski patrolman1957
pisteur1963
1963 Times 10 Jan. 4/1 Even the pisteurs..remarked that his style surpassed even that of the forerunners.
1988 Daily Mail Ski Mag. Sept. 10/2 The area has masses of wide open pistes kept in impeccable condition by teams of pisteurs and ratracs.
2002 Sunday Tribune (Dublin) (Nexis) 7 Apr. 22 The pisteurs are masters of setting off preventative avalanches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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