Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel employed in the transportation of fruit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective A ship for carrying fruit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
ship for carryingfruit .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He said the fruiter was the Karlsefin, running generally to New Orleans, but took her last cargo to New York.
Cabbages and Kings 1904
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He said the fruiter was the _Karlsefin_, running generally to New Orleans, but took her last cargo to New York.
Cabbages and Kings O. Henry 1886
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From the southward a "fruiter," as the vessels bringing fruit from the West Indies are called, came bravely up the coast.
Frank Merriwell's Reward Burt L. Standish 1905
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The coffee I purchased from La Onza were more robust and the ones from La Estancia fruiter.
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The coffee I purchased from La Onza were more robust and the ones from La Estancia fruiter.
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The coffee I purchased from La Onza were more robust and the ones from La Estancia fruiter.
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The coffee I purchased from La Onza were more robust and the ones from La Estancia fruiter.
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The coffee I purchased from La Onza were more robust and the ones from La Estancia fruiter.
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The coffee I purchased from La Onza were more robust and the ones from La Estancia fruiter.
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The coffee I purchased from La Onza were more robust and the ones from La Estancia fruiter.
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