poulterer

1 9.4

A person or shop that sells chickens, turkeys, and eggs

noun
/ˈpaʊltərə/

: poultero

Having started with "some pretty fair signs for poulterers" and being driven by a desire to present nature as if it were alive, he sometimes made "hundreds of outlines" of the birds he had caught:

Examples

The poulterer offered a variety of meats including turkey, chicken, and quail.
Do you know the poulterer's on the corner? - [BOY]

A Christmas Carol (2009)
At the poulterer's stall, he bought a fresh chicken for dinner tonight.
She visited the local poulterer to buy some duck for the holiday feast.

Synonyms

purveyor

vspoulterer

23 6.7

A person or company that supplies food to shops and restaurants

focuses specifically on poultry and poultry products rather than general supplies

poultryman

vspoulterer

1 7.0

A person who raises or sells chickens and turkeys

is gender-neutral and can mean a shop or person selling the same goods

poultrywoman

vspoulterer

8.6

A woman who sells chickens and eggs at a market or shop

is gender-neutral and can mean a shop or person selling the same goods

poulter

vspoulterer

Archaic

9.9

A person who looks after, breeds, and sells domestic birds like chickens and ducks

focuses on selling only and can mean either shop or seller

Surface Forms

poulterer singular

poulterers plural

Morphology

poulterer = poulter (semi-transparent) = poulter + er

The word is structurally built on the rare noun 'poulter' plus the agentive suffix '-er', but many learners are more likely to notice the connection to 'poultry' than to the base word itself.

Etymology

Poulterer comes from old words for birds, like poultry and pullet, where 'pullet' means 'a young hen'. So a poulterer is a person who sells chickens, ducks and other poultry.