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quarterer

quarterer noun: one of a group of agricultural workers who were entitled to keep a quarter of the harvest as payment, yielding up the rest to their lord.

Noun

quarterer (plural quarterers)

  1. (historical) One of a group of agricultural workers who were entitled to keep a quarter of the harvest as payment, yielding up the rest to their lord.

Forms of quarterer

pluralquarterers

Origin of quarterer

From quarter + -er.

Questions about quarterer

What does quarterer mean?
Quarterer means one of a group of agricultural workers who were entitled to keep a quarter of the harvest as payment, yielding up the rest to their lord.
What part of speech is quarterer?
Quarterer is a noun.
What is the plural of quarterer?
The plural of quarterer is quarterers.

Words near quarterer in the dictionary

  1. quarterdeckers
  2. quarterdecks
  3. quartered
  4. quartereen
  5. quartereens
  6. quarterer
  7. quarterers
  8. quartereth
  9. quarterfinal
  10. quarterfinalist
  11. quarterfinalists

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