vintager
a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
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How to use vintager in a sentence
The vintager is not heard among the vines, nor the harvester on his threshing-floor of stone.
The Spirit of Place | Alice MeynellIn the olive season he helped in the gathering; in grape season he offered himself as vintager.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi | Paul SabatierNo careless vintager shakes the precious berries rudely upon the soil, but he is promptly reminded of his slovenly work.
Claret and Olives, from the Garonne to the Rhone | Angus B. ReachEpithet of Bacchus, "vintager;" here name of a person in the comedy of "Peace."
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) | Mrs. Sutherland OrrIn Northern work he is sometimes a vintager, sometimes beating the acorns out of an oak to feed swine.
The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), | John Ruskin
British Dictionary definitions for vintager
/ (ˈvɪntɪdʒə) /
a grape harvester
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