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Definition of Ferreter
1. n. One who ferrets.
Definition of Ferreter
1. Noun. A person who hunts with ferrets ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferreter
1. one that ferrets [n -S] - See also: ferrets
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferreter
Literary usage of Ferreter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson (1808)
"evidence adduced on die trial, that the ferreter \vas attacked at daybreak, on
the 31st of March, by seven Dutch gun-vessels, each carrying three ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"In the reign of St. Louis (1226) we find that the ferreter figures thus in the
... of the royal household : " The ferreter shall have 18 den. wages, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"The ferreter was captured in the river Emg, by seven Dutch gun-boats, after a
severe night action, in which many of his crew were killed, March 31, 1807. ..."
4. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1897)
"Only the ferreter came with us, and he had no gun. Our old friend remarked that
he had had an accident, and ' didn't use to carry a gun no more. ..."
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