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vinedresser en · NOUN

Etymology

From vine + dresser.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Someone who works in a vineyard.
   • I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 1960, New American Standard Bible, John 15:1
   • And all the army of the Caldees that were with the captaine of the guard, brake downe the walles of Ierusalem round about. Now the rest of the people that were left in the citie, and the fugitiues that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captaine of the guard cary away. But the captaine of the guard left of the poore of the land, to be Uine-dressers, and husbandmen. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 25:10–12:
   • Hither I gladly found my way, and saw the vine-dressers, and people employed in the making wine, preparing for their work, and going to gather the grapes while the dew was yet on them. 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 132:

Forms

Translations (8)

bg лозар (worker in a vineyard) · el αμπελουργός (worker in a vineyard) · mk лозар (worker in a vineyard) · cu винарь (worker in a vineyard) · enm vynour (worker in a vineyard) · de Weingärtner (worker in a vineyard) · grc ἀμπελουργός (worker in a vineyard) · ota باغجی (worker in a vineyard)