vine·yard·ist

[vin-yer-dist]
noun
a person who owns or operates a vineyard.

Origin:
1840–50; vineyard + -ist

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vineyard (ˈvɪnjəd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a plantation of grapevines, esp where wine grapes are produced
 
[Old English wīngeard; see vine, yard²; related to Old High German wīngart, Old Norse vingarthr]
 
'vineyardist
 
n

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Vineyardist is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
There is much a vineyardist can do about bird damage.
If this is true, there is no finer field for the orchardist and vineyardist than right here.
He was a leading orchardist, vineyardist, and vintner.
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