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spicer

US/ˈspaɪsɚ/

spicer noun: one who seasons with spice.

Noun

spicer (plural spicers)

  1. (historical, uncommon) One who seasons with spice.
    • And finally, at end of a banquet when candied spices were served, the First Chamberlain handed the dragée box to the Spicer for an assay, and then passed it to the senior person of the Duke's Houshold present; this person presented the box to the Prince, and then returned it to the First...1995, Terence Scully, The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages, →ISBN, page 252
    • […] they [professional cooks] had as many as 25 helpers, such as saucerers, larders, roasters, pottagers, bakers, spicers, and fruiterers, not to mention spit turners and scullions.2011, Ruth A. Johnston, All Things Medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World
  2. That which adds spice or (figurative) excitement.
    • There are only 13 plots […] and a limited number of story spicers — deception, mistaken identity, unnatural affection […]1998, Judy Anderson, Plagiarism, Copyright Violation, and Other Thefts of Intellectual Property
    • In Europe cloves from the Indonesian archipelago were prized as a medicine, especially for toothache, as well as a spicer of food and drink.2003, Geoffrey Blainey, A Short History of the World, page 265
  3. (historical, obsolete) A spice dealer.
    • The pepperers, spicers, &c. afterwards went to Bucklersbury, where they sold their commodities in the open air.1814, Thomas Pennant, London: Being a Complete Guide to the British Capital
    • In the same place, under the same date, occurs the other of the extinct company of spicers […]1885, Richard Welford, editor, History of Newcastle and Gateshead, page 52

Proper noun capitalized: Spicer

Spicer (countable and uncountable, plural Spicers)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a spice dealer.
  2. A city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States, named after landowner John M. Spicer.

spicer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

spicer in Hindi

स्पाइसर, स्पाईसर

spicer in Tamil

ஸ்பைசர், ஸ்பிசர்

spicer in Marathi

स्पायसर, स्पाइसर

spicer in Urdu

اسپائسر, اسپائیسر, سپائسر
More languagesFewer languages
spicer in Bengali
স্পাইসার
spicer in Telugu
స్పిసర్, స్పైసర్
spicer in Malayalam
സ്പൈസർ
spicer in Kannada
ಸ್ಪಿಸರ್, ಸ್ಪೈಸರ್
spicer in Punjabi
ਸਪਾਈਸਰ, ਸਪਾਇਸਰ
spicer in Gujarati
સ્પાઈસર, સ્પાઇસર
spicer in Odia
ସ୍ପାଇସର, ସ୍ପାଇସର୍
spicer in Nepali
स्पाइसर, स्पिसर

Examples of spicer in a sentence

  • In Britain in the Middle Ages every Royal palace and great household had a Spicer or Pepperer.2012, G. G. Birch, K. J. Parker, Food and Health: Science and Technology, →ISBN, page 428:
  • The purpose of the book is to encourage readers to know that 'variety is the spice of life', and that Jesus is the "Spicer", who brings that variety to our lives!2008, D. S. Mullis, The "Spicer" of Life, →ISBN:

Forms of spicer

Noun
pluralspicers
Proper noun
pluralSpicers

Origin of spicer

From Middle English spicer, spycer, spycere, from Old French espicier (> French épicier), from Latin speciarius (“dealer in spices”), equivalent to spice + -er.

Words formed from spicer

Questions about spicer

What does spicer mean?
Spicer means one who seasons with spice.
What is spicer in Hindi?
Spicer in Hindi is स्पाइसर, स्पाईसर. See Spicer meaning in Hindi.
How do you use spicer in a sentence?
In Britain in the Middle Ages every Royal palace and great household had a Spicer or Pepperer.
What part of speech is spicer?
Spicer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce spicer?
Spicer is pronounced /ˈspaɪsɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of spicer?
The plural of spicer is spicers.

Words near spicer in the dictionary

  1. spicened
  2. spicening
  3. spicens
  4. spicenut
  5. spicenuts
  6. spicer
  7. spiceries
  8. spicers
  9. Spicers Creek
  10. spicery
  11. spices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spicer (page history and authors); Spicer (page history and authors); spicer (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spicer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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