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vinedresser

American  
[vahyn-dres-er] / ˈvaɪnˌdrɛs ər /

noun

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


vinedresser British  
/ ˈvaɪnˌdrɛsə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of vinedresser

First recorded in 1550–60; vine + dresser 2

Example Sentences

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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

All this interest collapses at once, all this care becomes a foolish waste of time and material, and reflects discredit and ridicule on the vinedresser, if there is no fruit.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods

"I wish he may remain in his present mind!" said the vinedresser; and thereupon he went off to the ale-house, to talk with his neighbors of the best shots of the preceding day.

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

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

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 The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch

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