salter
noun
a person who makes or sells salt.
salters
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pluralof salter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Before then, the colliers and salters belonged to the soil.
From Thrift by Samuel Smiles
The existence of this species of slavery being thought irreconcilable with the spirit of liberty, colliers and salters were declared free, and put upon the same footing with other servants, by the Act 15 Geo.
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
On this land lived not only farm laborers, cattle herders, shepherds, goatherds, and pigherds, but craftsmen such as goldsmiths, hawk-keepers, dog-keepers, horse-keepers, huntsmen, foresters, builders, weaponsmiths, embroiderers, blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors, salters, bakers, cooks, and gardeners.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
You knew Tommy Hill, the wettest of dry salters.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
Less than a hundred years ago, the colliers and salters of Scotland were slaves.
From Thrift by Samuel Smiles
