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fruiterer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /-ɾə-/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfɹuːtɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfɹuːtəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈfɹutəɹə/ (General-American)

Etymology

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).

Meanings

  1. (Australia, UK) One who sells fruit.
    • [T]he very ſame day did I fight with one Samſon Stockefiſh a Fruiterer behinde Greyes Inne: Ieſu, Ieſu, the mad dayes that I haue ſpent! c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
    • 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. 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:
    • We spotted a fruiterer and bought a bunch of bananas, which I embraced while all the others had their pick. 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 107:
    • 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. 1962, Ezekiel Mphahlele, “The Nationalist”, in The African Image, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Praeger, →OCLC, page 70:

Forms

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Coordinates

greengrocer · coster · costermonger

Deriveds

fruiteress

Relateds

fruit

Synonyms

fruitseller · fruitmonger

Translations (54)

it fruttivendolo (one who sells fruit) · de Obstmann (one who sells fruit) · am ፍሬያሪ (one who sells fruit) · cs ovocnář (one who sells fruit) · de Obstkrämer (one who sells fruit) · de Obsthöke (one who sells fruit) · gl froiteiro (one who sells fruit) · el οπωροπώλης (one who sells fruit) · es frutera (one who sells fruit) · de Obsthöker (one who sells fruit) · ast frutera (one who sells fruit) · vo flukemijiselan (one who sells fruit) · es verdulera (one who sells fruit) · as ফল ধৰা (one who sells fruit) · ca fruitera (one who sells fruit) · nl fruitverkopster (one who sells fruit) · hy մրգավաճառ (one who sells fruit) · tl magpuprutas (one who sells fruit) · de Obsthändler (one who sells fruit) · uk садівник (one who sells fruit) · ca fruiter (one who sells fruit) · de Obstfrau (one who sells fruit) · ro fructar (one who sells fruit) · de Obstkrämerin (one who sells fruit) · sv frukthandlare (one who sells fruit) · pt fruteiro (one who sells fruit) · el οπωροπώλισσα (one who sells fruit) · it verduriere (one who sells fruit) · fr fruitier (one who sells fruit) · ast fruteru (one who sells fruit) · af vrugteboer (one who sells fruit) · de Obsthändlerin (one who sells fruit) · uk торговець фруктами (one who sells fruit) · ru торго́вка фру́ктами (one who sells fruit) · vo flukemiselan (one who sells fruit) · de Obsthökin (one who sells fruit) · nl fruitverkoper (one who sells fruit) · la fructuārius (one who sells fruit) · bg търговец на плодове (one who sells fruit) · ota میوهجی (one who sells fruit) · ru торго́вец фру́ктами (one who sells fruit) · bn ফলবিক্রেতা (one who sells fruit) · es frutero (one who sells fruit) · de Obsthökerin (one who sells fruit) · cmn 水果商 (one who sells fruit) · tr meyveci (one who sells fruit) · fr fruitière (one who sells fruit) · sq frytdhënës (one who sells fruit) · fi hedelmäkauppias (one who sells fruit) · uk плодівник (one who sells fruit) · es verdulero (one who sells fruit) · pt fruteira (one who sells fruit) · it fruttivendola (one who sells fruit) · vo flukemihiselan (one who sells fruit)