grazier
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of grazier
First recorded in 1225–75, grazier is from the Middle English word grasier. See graze 1, -ier 1
Example Sentences
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With grazier parents and grandparents, the industry runs in her blood.
From BBC
In the small southeast QLD town of Murgon, scientists have spent decades excavating what appears to be an ordinary clay pit in a local grazier's backyard.
From Science Daily
The council and volunteer grazier, Mark Jackson, look after the herd, which includes several different breeds - Kashmir, Boer a South African breed, and feral goats.
From BBC
The two graziers, one from each side of the border, had parked their pickup trucks back-to-back so that Mansfield, 28, could slide over tubs of lousicide for Treloar’s sheep.
From Washington Post
It also said that because of the "present operational situation in Eastern Ladakh, the graziers have been advised to restrict their cattle movements".
From BBC
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