Obs. [f. as prec. + -EER.] One who wears an apron; a shopman or mechanic. (Used contemptuously of the Parliamentary party during the Civil Wars: cf. APRON sb. 2 b.)
1659. Gauden, Tears of Ch., 238 (D.). He is scared with the menaces of some proling Sequestrator, or some surly Aproniere.
1690. D’Urfey, Collin’s Walk, III. 107 (D.).
| But every sturdy Aproneer, | |
| Arm’d with Battoon, did straight appear. |
