vinedresser

American  

[vahyn-dres-er] / ˈvaɪnˌdrɛs ər /

noun

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

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vinedresser British  

/ ˈvaɪnˌdrɛsə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of vinedresser

First recorded in 1550–60; vine + dresser ²

Example Sentences

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 Dods, Marcus

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 Rauschenbusch, Walter

But during the summer, Daldo, who had a little farm in the country, took the youth there and let him join in the village games, and by degrees made him into a vinedresser.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)

"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 Bunbury, Selina