salter

[ sawl-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who makes or sells salt.

  2. a person who salts meat, fish, etc.

Origin of salter

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sealtere saltmaker. See salt1, -er1

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How to use salter in a sentence

  • Captain Salters made few speeches, and when he did make one it was because he had something to say.

    Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Mrs. Salters had refused to speak to Captain Cy when she met the latter after meeting on Sunday.

    Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • “We missed the first connecting train and had to wait, Mr. Salters,” said Eleanor.

  • The "perfect boarding house" is situated a quarter of a mile beyond "Whittaker's Hill," nearly opposite the Salters homestead.

    Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The dull heaviness which was the legacy of the Dry-Salters' dinner had begun to change to something more actively unpleasant.

    Jill the Reckless | P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for salter

salter

/ (ˈsɔːltə) /


noun
  1. a person who deals in or manufactures salt

  2. a person who treats meat, fish, etc, with salt

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