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vintner Definition

vint·ner (vintnər)

noun

  1. a person who sells wine; wine merchant
  2. a person who makes wine

Etymology: altered < ME viniter, vintner < OFr vinetier < ML vinetarius < L vinetum, vineyard < vinum: see vine

vintner Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: He became a vintner, following his father's trade.

Adjective modifier

  • Swiss: As a countermeasure, Swiss vintners are creating rare wines will distinguish their product from high volume imports from the New World.
  • old: After 6 generations the Jeffersons are the oldest family run vintners in England.

Noun used with modifier

  • apprentice: On 23 January 1626 Harris's apprentice vintner Humphrey Boddicott ( whom he had inherited from his father ) was admitted free.

Browse dictionary entries near vintner

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