tributer
Noun
(plural tributers)
- (mining, UK) A miner who is paid in a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
- Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what they raise.
Origin
tribute + -er
