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warrener

American  
[wawr-uh-ner, wor-] / ˈwɔr ə nər, ˈwɒr- /

noun

  1. the keeper of a rabbit warren.


warrener British  
/ ˈwɒrənə /

noun

  1. obsolete a gamekeeper or keeper of a warren (sense 4)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of warrener

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at warren, -er 1


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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

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 John Glover

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 Hannah More

How if the warrener should spy me here?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

Faulkner, falconer, Foster, Forster, forester, and Warner, warrener, go together.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley

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