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maltster en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English maltestere, malstere; equivalent to malt + -ster.

Meanings

1. A person who makes malt; a malter.
   • the Maltſter will ſtir his Barley Couches till the Sprit begins to fork , five or ſix times a day or more ; it being always his Care to keep them from drying too much on the outſides 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
   • The maltster, after having lain down in his clothes for a few hours, was now sitting beside a three-legged table, breakfasting off bread and bacon. 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd:

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