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Webster 1913 Edition

Feuterer

Feu′ter-er

,
Noun.
[Either fr. G.
fütterer
feeder, or corrupted fr. OF.
vautrier
,
vaultrier
; fr. vaultre, viautre, a kind of hound, fr. L.
vertragus
,
vertraga
, a greyhound. The last is of Celtic origin.]
A dog keeper.
[Obs.]
Massinger.

Webster 1828 Edition

Feuterer

FEU'TERER

,
Noun.
A dog keeper. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

feuterer

feuterer

English

Alternative forms

Noun

feuterer ‎(plural feuterers)

  1. (obsolete) A keeper of dogs.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Massinger to this entry?)

Etymology

Either from German [Term?] ‎(“feeder”), or corrupted from Old French vautrier, vaultrier, from vaultre, viautre ‎(“a kind of hound”), from Latin vertragus, vertraga ‎(“a greyhound”). The last is of Celtic origin.

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