fabricant

American

[fab-ri-kuhnt] / ˈfæb rɪ kənt /

noun

a maker or manufacturer.

fabricant British

/ ˈfæbrɪkənt /

noun

archaic a manufacturer

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Etymology

Origin of fabricant

1750–60; < Latin fabricant- (stem of fabricāns ) making, present participle of fabricāre. See fabric, -ant

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fabricant

And so he allowed Raphael and Judith to associate with Christian children belonging to families who, for private reasons, were glad to pay some attention to the wealthy Jewish fabricant.

From Judith Trachtenberg A Novel by Karl Emil Franzos

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