fruiterer
- noun
- /ˈfruːɪtər/
- UK
:
frutero
- I shifted from foot to foot as I asked them, somewhat sheepishly, if I might be losing my touch as a husband and a husbandman, as a fruiterer and a king.
Examples
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Every Saturday, I buy my vegetables and fruit from the neighborhood fruiterer.
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Irving Moses, the fruiterer.
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Then I pass a fruiterers and look at the ripe pears out of the corner of my eye; the scent of them tempts me.
Academic text (1991) -
The fruiterer at the local market sells the freshest apples and oranges.
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During the festival, the fruiterer set up a colorful stall filled with various exotic fruits.
Synonyms
257
1.0
A person or company that offers goods for money
29
1.0
A person who runs a shop that sells food and small things for the home
28
2.2
A person who sells things for a store or company
8
5.7
A person who travels to sell small goods in streets or markets
4
7.4
A person who sells goods in the street or at markets
3
2.4
A person who works in a store and helps customers buy things
2
3.0
A shop that sells fresh fruit and vegetables
1
3.7
A person who runs a shop that sells goods or services
1
4.2
A person who sells goods at a market stall
1
9.9
A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart in the street
1
8.2
A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a street stall
1
1.9
A person who helps customers buy things in a store
1
6.1
A shop or company that has and sells goods of a particular brand
A person who sells goods from a market stall
A person who runs a market stall or shop and sells goods to customers
A person or shop that sells fruits and vegetables early in the season
A person or business that sells to customers
A person who buys and sells goods in a shop or market
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fruiterer is made from the everyday word fruit plus the ending -er, so it means 'one who sells fruit', much like a baker is 'one who bakes'. So a fruiterer is a person who sells fruit in a shop or at a market.