Obs. Forms: α. 3 viniter, 5 vineter. β. 5 vintere, vynter, 5 vinter. [a. AF. viniter, vineter, vyn-, vinter, OF. and early mod.F. vinet(t)ier (= Pr. vinatier, It. vinattiere, Sp. vinatero, Pg. vinhateiro, med.L. vīnētārius, vīnātārius) wine-seller, f. L. vīnum wine.] A vintner.

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1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 11226. In þe souþhalf of þe toune & suþþe þe spicerie, Hii breke fram ende to oþer & dude al to robberie. Vor þe mer was viniter, hii breke þe viniterie.

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1428.  E. E. Wills (1882), 77. Iohn Toker, Citezein and Vineter of London.

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c. 1430.  Lydg., Min. Poems (Percy Soc.), 192. The vintere tretethe of his holsom wynes, of gentille frute bostethe the gardener.

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1486.  Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1905), 10. Iohn Walworth, late Citezein & vynter of london.

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  Hence † Vinteress, Vintress, = VINTNERESS.

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1681.  Rycaut, trans. Gracian’s Critick, 111. The Nobles … were served with Cups of Gold, which a pritty Nimph, the Vinteress of this Babylon, filled with much Courtesie.

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1727.  Bailey (vol. II.), Vintress, a Woman Tavern-keeper.

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