winern.
/ˈwʌɪnə/ 1. A vintner. ? Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor
wine-tavernerc950
vinter1297
wine-drawer1415
vintnerc1430
vintenerc1450
ale-taker1454
merchant vintner1532
winer1532
ale-man1600
gaugerc1610
brandy-man1723
purl-man1797
haberdasher1821
gin-shopper1831
liquor-seller1855
diddle-cove1858
curate1882
off-licensee1892
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 395/2 God thanke you maister winer for your good wyne.
1548 Aberd. Reg. XX. (Jam.) The winaris of the same gat.
1886 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 1 Dec. 1/9 You gather a few tons of grapes and cast them to a winer and are told that it is a bad year for selling grapes.
2. One who drinks wine. colloquial.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking of wine > person
grape-monger1606
clareteer1702
Champagne Charlie1868
port-winer1890
winer1906
1906 Furnivall in Lydgate's Chron. Troy (1906) I. 309 (margin) A winer is an unreasonable beast.
1908 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 4/4 The diners and the winers of those spacious days of conviviality.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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