hedger
(ˈhɛdʒə(r))
[f. hedge n. or v. + -er1.]
1. One who makes, repairs, or trims hedges.
| c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.) 11 Hedgers, dykers, and mowers. 1634 Milton Comus 293 The swinkt hedger at his supper sat. 1791 Boswell Johnson 3 Apr. an. 1776, A pair of large gloves such as hedgers use. 1848 Mill Pol. Econ. i. ii. §1 The hedgers and ditchers, who made the fences necessary for the protection of the crop. |
2. One who hedges; a shuffler.
| 1728 Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 401 The Go ons and Non liquets, too often hedgers and skulkers. a 1845 Hood Ode to Rae Wilson xix, A black-leg saint, a spiritual hedger. |
3. One who ‘hedges’ in betting.
| 1873 Slang Dict. s.v., The hedger..cannot lose, providing his information or judgement lead to the required result. |