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sugarer en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar 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 sugarer From sugar + -er.

Meanings

1. Someone who sugars foods, who adds sugar to food products.
2. A manufacturer of maple syrup.
   • If you are such a frustrated maple sugarer, I have a solution to offer whereby you can sugar this spring with no physical effort... 1990, Noel Perrin, First Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime Farmer, →ISBN, page 23:
   • March 2004, Naples News - Teen has even higher goals for acclaimed maple syrup Fisk, a fifth-generation sugarer and high school sophomore, is one of more than 900 syrup producers in the state, many of whom tap only a handful of trees and produce just enough for their families.

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