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salter

salter

9.8
A person who makes or sells salt
  • noun
  • /ˈsɔltər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : salinero

Synonyms

salt merchant
vssalter
4.9

A person who makes or sells salt as their main business

is used for anyone who makes, sells, or deals in the substance

Surface Forms

salter singular
salters plural

Morphology

salter = salt (transparent) = salt + er

This is a straightforward agent noun formed from 'salt' plus '-er', meaning a person associated with salt.

Etymology

The word salter comes from salt and -er, where salt is the mineral used in food and -er means 'one who does', so a salter was a person who sold or traded salt and could become wealthy because salt was very important.