winegrower

[ wahyn-groh-er ]

noun
  1. a person who owns or works in a vineyard and winery.

  2. a winemaker.

Origin of winegrower

1
First recorded in 1835–45; wine + grower

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How to use winegrower in a sentence

  • "Well, that is something," said the wine-grower, tempted by the money rather than by the red ribbon.

    Parisians in the Country | Honore de Balzac
  • "My wife is not very well, and Eugenie is with her," said the old wine-grower, whose face betrayed no emotion.

    Eugenie Grandet | Honore de Balzac
  • They would send a wine-grower who did such foolish acts to the mad-house.

  • He became an enthusiastic wine-grower, and wine from his estate gained a medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1867.

  • Questionable praise, according to the ideas of a modern wine-grower.

    The Letters of Cassiodorus | Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)

British Dictionary definitions for wine grower

wine grower

noun
  1. a person engaged in cultivating vines in order to make wine

Derived forms of wine grower

  • wine growing, noun

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