tranter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tranter
1350–1400; alteration of late Middle English traventer < Medieval Latin travetārius, perhaps for Latin trānsvect ( us ), past participle of trānsvehere to carry across + -ārius -ary
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“What’s that?” said the tranter, looking up inquiringly at the floor above him for an answer.
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
A carrier is still a "tranter" in Wessex.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
The tranter moved a pace, as if it were puerile of people to complete sentences when there were more pressing things to be done.
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
Saying this the tranter arose to fetch a new stock of cider, ale, mead, and home-made wines.
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
“Well, we’ll say nothing about that,” the tranter answered; “for I don’t believe ’twill make a penneth o’ difference to we poor martels here or hereafter whether his sermons be good or bad, my sonnies.”
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
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