grazier

[ grey-zher ]

/ ˈgreɪ ʒər /

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noun Chiefly British.

a person who grazes cattle for the market.

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Origin of grazier

First recorded in 1225–75, grazier is from the Middle English word grasier.See graze¹, -ier¹

Words nearby grazier

graywether, gray whale, gray wolf, Graz, graze, grazier, grazing, grazioso, GRB, Gr. Br., GRE

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How to use grazier in a sentence

“My hope, wish, and prayer is that she will be able to sign my book,” said 60-year-old retired social worker, Carlita Grazier.
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Samuel Jessup died; an opulent English grazier, of pilltaking notoriety.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
They are peculiarly the grazier's animal, as they improve rapidly and mature early on medium feed.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen

Neither the resolution itself nor the heart-rending appeal of the grazier produced the slightest effect on the railway company.
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham
Mr. Grating would propose him, and he was to be seconded by Mr. Shortribs, the butcher and grazier.
Phineas Finn|Anthony Trollope
There is not a blade of anything which an Eastern grazier would recognize as grass between this boundary and the Rocky Mountains.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864|Various

British Dictionary definitions for grazier

grazier

/ (ˈɡreɪzɪə) /

noun

a rancher or farmer who rears or fattens cattle or sheep on grazing land

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