fewterer

noun

plural -s

obsolete

: a keeper of dogs (as greyhounds) : slipper

Word History

Etymology

Middle English vewter, feutrere, fewterer, from Middle French veltrier, veautrier, from veltre, veautre greyhound, from Late Latin vertragus, from Gaulish

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