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vint⋅ner

  [vint-ner]
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–noun
a person who makes wine or sells wines.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME vint(e)ner, deriv. of vin(e)ter < AF; OF vinetier < ML vīnētārius, equiv. to L vīnēt(um) vineyard (vīn(um) wine + -ētum suffix denoting place where a given plant grows) + -ārius -ary
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vint·ner   (vĭnt'nər)   
n.  

  1. A wine merchant.

  2. One who makes wine.


[Middle English vineter, from Old French vinetier, from Medieval Latin vīnētārius, from Latin vīnētum, vineyard, from vīnum, wine.]
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vintner 
"wine merchant," c.1430, alteration of vinter (c.1297), from Anglo-Fr. vineter, O.Fr. vinetier, from M.L. vinetarius "a wine dealer," from L. vinetum "vineyard," from vinum "wine" (see vine).
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