vintager

[ vin-tuh-jer ]

/ ˈvɪn tə dʒər /

noun

a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.

Nearby words

vinson, frederick moore, vintage, vintage car, vintage wine, vintage year, vintager, vintner, vinton, vinum, viny, vinyl

Origin of vintager

First recorded in 1580–90; vintage + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for vintager

She has her four meals a day, eats like a vintager, and takes her wine neat.
The Widow Lerouge|Emile Gaboriau
The vintager is not heard among the vines, nor the harvester on his threshing-floor of stone.
The Spirit of Place|Alice Meynell
In the olive season he helped in the gathering; in grape season he offered himself as vintager.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi|Paul Sabatier
In Northern work he is sometimes a vintager, sometimes beating the acorns out of an oak to feed swine.
The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), |John Ruskin

Epithet of Bacchus, "vintager;" here name of a person in the comedy of "Peace."
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)|Mrs. Sutherland Orr

British Dictionary definitions for vintager

vintager

/ (ˈvɪntɪdʒə) /

noun

a grape harvester

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