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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"I have also to tell you that I have distrained Wat the warrener from his cottage, for his Christmas rent is still unpaid, nor the hen-rents of last year."
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
How if the warrener should spy me here?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
It was before dawn on New Year’s Day that they reached the cottage of Perks, a warrener or gamekeeper, who had been dismissed from Mrs Littleton’s service for dishonesty.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
Faulkner, falconer, Foster, Forster, forester, and Warner, warrener, go together.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
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 Ottwell Binns
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