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warrener

warrener

9.9
A person who looks after many rabbits kept for breeding
  • noun
  • /ˈwɒrənə/
  • Archaic
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  • The warrener carefully inspected the burrows every morning for signs of predators.

Examples

  • The estate once employed a warrener to look after the rabbits.

  • The warrener checked the rabbit population daily.

  • As a child, he was fascinated by the work of the local warrener.

  • Many warreners are skilled in animal husbandry.

  • As a warrener, her responsibilities included ensuring the rabbit warren was properly maintained.

  • The skilled warrener oversaw the breeding of rabbits to provide sufficient stock for the upcoming season.

  • Every month, the warrener checked the health of the rabbits living in the warren.

Synonyms

breeder
vswarrener
67 3.1

A person who keeps animals as a job so they have babies

looks after rabbit colonies and maintains their living areas

Surface Forms

warrener singular
warreners plural

Morphology

warrener = warren (transparent) = warren + er

The word is a straightforward agent noun formed from 'warren' plus '-er', meaning a person associated with or managing a warren.

Etymology

Warrener comes from warren, a word for a 'place where rabbits live', plus the ending -er that means a person. So a warrener is a person who looks after and manages a rabbit warren.