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grapist en · NOUN
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(dated) Anyone engaged in the cultivation and sale of grapes.
Then we have received a box containing eighteen varieties, all hybrids, from Mr. G. Haskell, of Massachusetts. These are all new, none of them yet out of the hands of the originator. Some of them were somewhat damaged by being delayed on the way. We, in company with several other grapists, on testing and tasting these new grapes, fully agreed that they were very promising.
1877, George Haskell, An account of various experiments for the production of new and desirable grapes, page 9:
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Filter-avoidance spelling of rapist.
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🍇ist