vintager

American  

[vin-tuh-jer] / ˈvɪn tə dʒər /

noun

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

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vintager British  

/ ˈvɪntɪdʒə /

noun

1. a grape harvester

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Etymology

Origin of vintager

First recorded in 1580–90; vintage + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Observe with what indifference the people swallow the production of the distant vintager, the seaman, and the vintner, as if it were a thing of course.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

She has her four meals a day, eats like a vintager, and takes her wine neat.

From The Widow Lerouge by Gaboriau, Émile

In Northern work he is sometimes a vintager, sometimes beating the acorns out of an oak to feed swine.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John

No neglected bunch of fruit escapes his watchful eye; no careless vintager shakes the precious berries rudely upon the soil, but he is promptly reminded of his slovenly work.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 by Chambers, William

The sun, treading the earth like a vintager, drew from it heady fragrances, crushed out of it new colours.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith