drysalter

American  

[drahy-sawl-ter] / ˈdraɪˌsɔl tər /

noun

British.

1. a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.

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drysalter British  

/ ˈdraɪˌsɔːltə /

noun

1. obsolete a dealer in certain chemical products, such as dyestuffs and gums, and in dried, tinned, or salted foods and edible oils

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Etymology

Origin of drysalter

First recorded in 1700–10; dry + salter

Example Sentences

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drysalter

Robert, 50, was a drysalter, oil and colour merchant.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023

He was a most respectable man—a drysalter from nine to four, and a Presbyterian in his leisure moments. 

From Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

There was scarce one of the ladies that hadn't a relation a Peer, though the husband might be a drysalter in the City.

From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

I am neither a felonious drysalter returned from exile, an hospital stump-turner, a decayed staymaker, a bankrupt printer, or insolvent debtor, released by act of parliament.

From The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves by T. (Tobias) Smollett

I have never forgotten that my grandfather, on the mother's side, was a drysalter.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever