fruiterer

noun

fruit·​er·​er ˈfrü-tər-ər 

chiefly British

: a person who deals in fruit

Examples of fruiterer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Every price tag was in every window, the fruiterer was a vision. —Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Feb. 2023

Potential occupations listed included porter, mechanic, fisher and fruiterer. —Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2021

Word History

Etymology

Middle English fruterer, borrowed from Anglo-French, doubly suffixed form of fruter "fruit-seller," from frut, fruit fruit entry 1 + -er -er;2

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above