tributers

Noun

tributer (plural tributers)

1. A miner who is paid in a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
   • Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what they raise.1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
2. (rare) One who pays tribute.
   • She saw neither room nor dancers, but a vast theatre filled with homage tributers, and for her, though for what rare attribute was not clear.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 242