spurrier

See also: Spurrier

English

Etymology

From Middle English sporier; equivalent to spur +‎ -ier.

Noun

spurrier (plural spurriers)

  1. A maker of spurs.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
    • Macaulay
      The saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by thousands.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spurrier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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