vinedresser

American  

[vahyn-dres-er] / ˈvaɪnˌdrɛs ər /

noun

1. a person who tends or cultivates vines, especially grapevines.

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vinedresser British  

/ ˈvaɪnˌdrɛsə /

noun

1. a person who prunes, tends, or cultivates grapevines

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Etymology

Origin of vinedresser

First recorded in 1550–60; vine + dresser ²

Example Sentences

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vinedresser

A vinedresser constantly watches over his vineyard, cutting away and pruning branches as they grow and decay and harvesting the fruit as it ripens.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2015

And he said unto the vinedresser, 'Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground.'

From His Life A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels by William Eleazar Barton

Opposite compare Alfio lived massaro Cola, the vinedresser, who was as rich as a pig, and had one daughter at home.

From Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga by Giovanni Verga

At lines 10–11 there is, as in Eclogue ii., an apparent blending of the occupations of the Italian vinedresser with those of the Sicilian shepherd.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar

"Oh! wife, wife," said the vinedresser, much vexed, "when will you help me to do what is right?"

From Fanny, the Flower-Girl, or, Honesty Rewarded by Selina Bunbury