warrener
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of warrener
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at warren, -er 1
Example Sentences
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But remember that the warrener pays a high rent, and that therefore his rabbits are as much his property as his sheep.
From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah
One night, Perkes, who was a stout, hale yeoman, and had formerly been warrener to Mrs. Littleton, went to catch conies, with a companion named Poynter, and returned laden with spoil.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
I've watched a warrener at home making rabbit snares, and as there's no particular mystery about the art, and those birds are so unsophisticated, I shall be sure to get some.
From A Mating in the Wilds by Binns, Ottwell
Ay, forsooth: but he is as tall a man of his hands as any is between this and his head; he hath fought with a warrener.
From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
Faulkner, falconer, Foster, Forster, forester, and Warner, warrener, go together.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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