vintner

[ vint-ner ]

noun
  1. a person who makes wine or sells wines.

Origin of vintner

1
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

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How to use vintner in a sentence

  • As for wine, they could not have better because there is no better wine than fills the cellars of our merchants or our vintners.

    The Lady of Lynn | Walter Besant
  • You think that it is a poor place, with a few colliers and fishing smacks, and a population of sailors and vintners.

    The Lady of Lynn | Walter Besant
  • The vintners grew jealous, and the neighbours, disliking the smell of the roasting coffee, indicted Farr as a nuisance.

    Old and New London | Walter Thornbury
  • In 1687 the vintners were called upon to submit to a tax of a penny a quart upon all the wine they retailed.

British Dictionary definitions for vintner

vintner

/ (ˈvɪntnə) /


noun
  1. a wine merchant

Origin of vintner

1
C15: from Old French vinetier, from Medieval Latin vīnētārius, from Latin vīnētum vineyard, from vīnum wine

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