Dictionary

spurrier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspʌɹiə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈspɝɹiɚ/ (US)
• /ˈspɜːɹiə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English sporiere; equivalent to spur + -ier.

Meanings

1. (dated) A maker of spurs.
   • saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by hundreds. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
   • Gods so; my Spurrier! put 'em on Boy, quickly 1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

Forms

Synonyms

spurmaker