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grafter en · NOUN · etymology 1

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Etymology

From graft + -er.

Meanings

1. One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting.
2. An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
3. The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
4. (slang) Someone who works in market stalls.
5. (UK, colloquial) a hard worker who puts in long hours

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graft

Translations (15)

de Pfropfer (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting) · nl enter (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting) · ru садо́вый нож (an instrument by which grafting is facilitated) · ru привива́льщица (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting) · fi oksastaja (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting) · pt enxertador (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting) · de Pfropfwerkzeug (an instrument by which grafting is facilitated) · pt enxertador (an instrument by which grafting is facilitated) · fr greffoir (an instrument by which grafting is facilitated) · ru приво́й (the original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree) · de Pfropfmesser (an instrument by which grafting is facilitated) · de Veredelungsmesser (an instrument by which grafting is facilitated) · fi varttaja (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting) · ru привива́льщик (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting) · de Pflanzenveredler (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting)

grafter en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English graft Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grafter From graft + -er.

Meanings

1. A corrupt person, one who receives graft.
   • 2007, Rebecca Menes, "Limiting the Reach of the Grabbing Hand: Graft and growth in American Cities, 1880 to 1930", in Edward L. Glaeser, Claudia Goldin (eds.), Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report, The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 64. Rapid city growth rewarded the circumspect grafter with opportunities for what one famous Tammany Hall politician termed “honest graft” […].
   • If the people are corrupt; if everybody is a grafter, as our pessimistic friends would have us believe, Roosevelt would be unpopular. His popularity is proof that the people, as a whole, are honest. 1911, The Twentieth Century Magazine, volume 4, page 335:
   • It is rather confused rhetoric to call a grafter a thief. His crime is not that he filches money from the safe but that he betrays a trust. 1980, David Mark Chalmers, The Muchrake Years, Krieger Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 152:

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graft