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

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vinedresser

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

Corydon seems to combine the features of an Italian vinedresser with the conventional character of a Sicilian shepherd.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar

"Oh! wife, wife," said the vinedresser, much vexed, "when will you help me to do what is right?"

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

"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