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feuterer

feuterer noun: a keeper of dogs, especially of greyhounds.

Noun

feuterer (plural feuterers)

  1. (obsolete) A keeper of dogs, especially of greyhounds.
    • You yeoman phevvterer, conduct mee to / The Lady of the manſion, or my poniard / Shall diſemboge thy ſoule.c. 1621–1623 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Maid of Honour. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1632, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, signatures D2, verso – D3, recto

Forms of feuterer

pluralfeuterers
alternative formfewterer
alternative formvewter

Origin of feuterer

Either from German Fütterer (“feeder”) (see füttern), or corrupted from Old French vautrier, vaultrier, from vaultre, viautre (“a kind of hound”), from Latin vertragus, vertraga (“a greyhound”). The last is of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *uɸor- (“over”) + *tregess (“foot”).

Questions about feuterer

What does feuterer mean?
Feuterer means a keeper of dogs, especially of greyhounds.
What part of speech is feuterer?
Feuterer is a noun.
What is the plural of feuterer?
The plural of feuterer is feuterers.

Words near feuterer in the dictionary

  1. Feulgen stains
  2. Feulner
  3. Feulners
  4. feus
  5. feuter
  6. feuterer
  7. feuterers
  8. feuters
  9. feutre
  10. feutred
  11. feutres

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