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grazier

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gra·zier  (grzhr)
n.
A person who grazes cattle.
[Middle English grasier, from grasen, to graze; see graze1.]
grazier
Noun
a rancher or farmer who keeps cattle or sheep on grazing land
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.grazier - a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
rancher - a person who owns or operates a ranch
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I knew a nobleman in England, that had the greatest audits of any man in my time; a great grazier, a great sheep-master, a great timber man, a great collier, a great corn-master, a great lead-man, and so of iron, and a number of the like points of husbandry.
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He struggled hard, and suffered much, for some time; but, having a contented disposition, and a good purpose, succeeded in the end; and, from being a farmer's drudge, and a carrier's lad, he is now the merriest young grazier in all Northamptonshire.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
Not so travels the money-meditating tradesman, the sagacious justice, the dignified doctor, the warm-clad grazier, with all the numerous offspring of wealth and dulness.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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