ˈmalter Obs. exc. dial.
Also 5 maltar, 7 maulter.
[f. malt v. + -er1.]
A maltster.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 324/1 Malstere, or maltestere (H., P., maltar), brasiatrix, brasiator. 1630 in J. Hutchins Hist. Dorset (ed. 3) II. 338/2 Brewers. Maulters. Bakers. 1848 W. Barnes Poems Rur. Life (ed. 2) Gloss., Malter; rightly used instead of maltster, which is properly a woman malter. |