quarrier

[ kwawr-ee-er, kwor- ]

noun
  1. a person who quarries stone.

Origin of quarrier

1
1325–75; Middle English quaryer, quarriour<Old French quarrier, equivalent to *quarrequarry1 + -ier-ier2

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British Dictionary definitions for quarrier

quarrier

/ (ˈkwɒrɪə) /


noun
  1. another word for quarryman

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