vintager

[ vin-tuh-jer ]

noun

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

vintager

/ ˈvɪntɪdʒə /

noun

1. a grape harvester

Word History and Origins

Origin of vintager¹

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

Example Sentences

The vintager is not heard among the vines, nor the harvester on his threshing-floor of stone.

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In the olive season he helped in the gathering; in grape season he offered himself as vintager.

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No careless vintager shakes the precious berries rudely upon the soil, but he is promptly reminded of his slovenly work.

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Epithet of Bacchus, "vintager;" here name of a person in the comedy of "Peace."

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

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