Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, UK)One who sells fruit.

    Obsthändler, Obsthändlerin, Obsthöke

    торго́вец фру́ктамиtorgóvec frúktami, торго́вка фру́ктамиtorgóvka frúktami

    плодівникplodivnyk, садівникsadivnyk, торговець фруктамиtorhovecʹ fruktamy

    a person who sells fruit

Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Late Middle English fruiterē̆r (“fruit grower; fruit dealer”), from fruitē̆r (“fruit

From Late Middle English fruiterē̆r (“fruit grower; fruit dealer”), from fruitē̆r (“fruit dealer; household official having charge of fruit”) + -er (it is unclear why the second suffix was added). Fruitē̆r is derived from Anglo-Norman fruitier or French fruitier (“fruit-seller”), 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).

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Forms

plural: fruiterers
Singularfruiterer
Pluralfruiterers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
RelatedfruitA1
Derivedfruiteress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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