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vintner

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vint·ner /ˈvɪntnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  BODFD formal someone who buys and sells wines 葡萄酒商
Examples from the Corpus
vintnerRalemberg said he already had a buyer for the wine, a vintner living in Trinity.But vintners made headway last year with the publication of new federal dietary guidelines that for the first time described those benefits.Each vintner will host a wine-tasting session.To make drinkable what wine was produced, the native vintners sweetened it with mulberries.With high demand and continuing short supply, Schofield said vintners are resorting to other measures.For years, vintners lobbied regulators without success for permission to advertise therapeutic or curative effects of wine.
Origin vintner (1400-1500) Old French vinetier, from Latin vinetum vineyard, from vinum; → WINE1
vint·ner nounChineseSyllable
and who someone buys Corpus wines sells


vintner
vintner /ˈvɪntnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: vinetier, from Latin vinetum 'vineyard', from vinum; wine1
formal someone who buys and sells wines


vint·nerBrE /ˈvɪntnə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvɪntnər/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, formal) a person whose business is buying and selling wines or a person who grows grapes and makes wine 葡萄酒商;葡萄酒酿制者