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grazier
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???e?zi?(?)/, /???e???(?)/
Noun
grazier (plural graziers)
- (Britain, historical) One who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
- Graziers on the tablelands are in dire straits because they do not have enough winter feed and will have to keep reducing stock.
- (Australia) The owner of a large property on which sheep or cattle graze.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 44
- They have been here, the bora rings, for over twenty thousand years, it is believed; it is only in the past hundred, a hiccup in time, that indifferent graziers and the treads of their four-wheel drives have scattered the stones and have imprinted zippered cars across their sacred clay skin.
- 2000, Bill Pritchard, Phil McManus, Land of Discontent: The Dynamics of Change in Rural and Regional Australia, page 34,
- The ‘grazier’ image can be contrasted to that of the ‘cocky’. Graziers have tended to own large tracts of land, have inherited family wealth from the heady days of high wool prices, often reside in stately homes, possess a good education, and have taken leadership roles in the industry.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 44
Usage notes
In Britain, the term is no longer used, but has historical significance.
Translations
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brazier
English
Alternative forms
- brasier
Etymology
French brasier, from braise live coals. See brass.
Pronunciation
- enPR: br??-zh?r, IPA(key): /?b?e????/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?e?.??(?)/, /?b?e?.zj?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b?e?.??/
- Rhymes: -e???(?)
Noun
brazier (plural braziers)
- An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat.
- A worker in brass.
Translations
See also
- cresset
Anagrams
- bizarre
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