vintner
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vintner
1400–50; late Middle English vint ( e ) ner, derivative of vin ( e ) ter < Anglo-French; Old French vinetier < Medieval Latin vīnētārius, equivalent to Latin vīnēt ( um ) vineyard ( vīn ( um ) wine + -ētum suffix denoting place where a given plant grows) + -ārius -ary
Explanation
A vintner is a wine merchant — the very person you'd visit if you wanted to buy a nice Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. Anyone who hails from France will immediately recognize the vin in vintner as the word "wine." Both vin and vintner descend from the Latin words vinum for wine, and vinetum, which means "vineyard." A vintner can be someone who simply sells wine, or who grows the grapes and produces the wine.
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Example Sentences
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Its latest offering, wine in a can, would definitely make a traditional vintner shudder.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2022
“He was to Washington wines what his friend and mentor, Robert Mondavi, was to Napa Valley,” Napa Valley vintner Agustin Huneeus Sr., said in a statement released by Long Shadows.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
Bankrolled by Reverge Anselmo, a former Hollywood filmmaker turned vintner who abandoned the county after a bitter land use dispute, they then backed a slate of six men for the June election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
The Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver had been something of a curiosity as he transitioned into a highly respected and successful vintner after his playing days.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
Considering, then, that it was advisable to have the vintner on his side, he called on him in his usual dress, and informed him, from the police, that his lodgers meditated robbing him.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh
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