fruiterer
English
Etymology
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From Late Middle English fruiterē̆r (“fruit grower; fruit dealer”),[1] from fruitē̆r (“fruit dealer; household official having charge of fruit”)[2] + -er (it is unclear why the second suffix was added).[3] Fruitē̆r is derived from Anglo-Norman fruitier or French fruitier (“fruit-seller”),[2] from fruit (“fruit”) (from Latin frū̆ctus (“produce, product, fruit; enjoyment, satisfaction”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to have enjoyment of; make use of”)) + -ier (“suffix forming names of jobs”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: fruit‧er‧er
Noun
fruiterer (plural fruiterers)
- (British) One who sells fruit.
- Synonyms: fruitmonger, fruitseller
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- 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘‘I Lull a Fancy, Trouble-Tost.’’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume III, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 24:
- And Knight laughed, and drew her close and kissed her the second time, which operations he performed with the carefulness of a fruiterer touching a bunch of grapes so as not to disturb their bloom.
- 1962, Ezekiel Mphahlele, “The Nationalist”, in The African Image, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Praeger, →OCLC, page 70:
- A good few Indian fruiterers who were right in the centre of Johannesburg never made the 'mistake' of serving a black man, or even another Indian, before a white customer, no matter who had come first.
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Translations
one who sells fruit
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References
- ^ “fruiterē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “fruitē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ “fruiterer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
greengrocer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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