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Webster 1913 Edition

Tranter

Trant′er

,
Noun.
One who trants; a peddler; a carrier.
[Written also
traunter
.]
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

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tranter

tranter

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Noun

tranter ‎(plural tranters)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) One who trants; a peddler; a carrier.
    • 1879, William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, Dobbin Dead
      An’ he met wi’ zome yew-twigs the men had a-cast
      Vrom the yew-tree, in churchyard, the road that he past.
      He wer pweison’d. (1.) O dear, ’tis a hard loss to bear,
      Vor a tranter’s whole bread is a-lost wi’ his meäre;
    • 1929 Florence Hardy "The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1841-1891"
      ...the persons tenanting these few houses included two retired military officers, one old navy lieutenant, a small farmer and tranter, a relieving officer and registrar, and an old militiaman […]

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