grazier
/ˈɡɹeɪziə(ɹ)/
grazier noun: a person who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
Noun
grazier (plural graziers)
- A person who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
- Graziers on the tablelands are in dire straits because they do not have enough winter feed and will have to keep reducing stock.
- The owner of a large property on which sheep or cattle graze.
- They came ungraciously, but after his dark, bodeful hints as to the necessity of their attending service at the grazier's homestead next day, he was invited inside and a place was cleared for him at the table.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 66
- As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia. He has always spent a considerable proportion of the time in the capital cities, in each of which he has formed a club to which, besides the graziers, only a few of the wealthiest and most prominent...1963, Colin Clark, Australian Hopes and Fears, page 75
Proper noun capitalized: Grazier
Grazier (plural Graziers)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
grazier meaning in Tamil and Urdu
grazier in Tamil
- புல் மேய்ப்பவர், மேய்ப்பன்
grazier in Urdu
- چر واہا
Examples of grazier in a sentence
- As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia.1963, Colin Clark, Australian Hopes and Fears, page 75:
- The ‘grazier’ image can be contrasted to that of the ‘cocky’.2000, Bill Pritchard, Phil McManus, Land of Discontent: The Dynamics of Change in Rural and Regional Australia, page 34:
Forms of grazier
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | graziers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Graziers |
Origin of grazier
Inherited from Middle English grasiere, from grasen (“to graze”) + -iere (agentive suffix). By surface analysis, graze + -ier.
By proprialization from grazier, as an occupational surname for someone who reared or grazed cattle.
Words formed from grazier
Words that rhyme with grazier
Questions about grazier
- What does grazier mean?
- Grazier means a person who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
- What is grazier in Tamil?
- Grazier in Tamil is புல் மேய்ப்பவர், மேய்ப்பன். See Grazier meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use grazier in a sentence?
- As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia.
- What part of speech is grazier?
- Grazier can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce grazier?
- Grazier is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪziə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of grazier?
- The plural of grazier is graziers.
Words near grazier in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grazier (page history and authors); Grazier (page history and authors); grazier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grazier (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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