regrator
(rɪˈgreɪtə(r))
Also 4–6 -our.
[a. AF. regratour = obs. F. regratteur: see regrater.]
1. = regrater 1. Now rare.
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 140 Rose þe Regratour Is hire rihte name; Heo haþ holden hoxterye þis Elleuene wynter. 1429 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 349/1 A fals craft of regratouris of ȝern. 1467 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 396 That ther be no citezen regratour of see ffysshe. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xiv. 43 Sic regratouris, the peure men to prevene. 1550 Lever Serm. (Arb.) 130 Take awaye leasmongers, regrators and all suche as by byinge and sellynge make thyngs more dere. 1551–2 [see regrate v.2 1]. 1592 Sc. Acts Parl. (1597) c. 148 Quha gettis in his hand by buying, contract or promises, the growand corne on the field, salbe repute a regratour. 1618 Dalton Countr. Just. cxv. (1630) 315 Forestallers Regrators and Engrossers..shall be imprisoned. 1697 in Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. xxi. 412/1 That they may sell them in Town dearer to Regrators than those that did bring them in would do. 1772 Statutes at Large VIII. 202 An Act for repealing several Laws..against Badgers, Engrossers, Forestallers, and Regrators. 1859 [see regratress]. |
2. = regrater 2.
| 1807 Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 107 Some of them become regrators, and attend constantly the Plymouth market. 1884 Blackw. Mag. Oct. 502/2 They are thrown into the hands of the regrator, who goes round with a cart and buys their goods dirt-cheap. |