Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A maltster.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man whose occupation is to make malt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who works in a
malthouse
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a maker of malt
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Examples
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In the beginning of the seventeenth century Elizabeth Bathgate, spouse of Alexander Pae, maltman in Eyemouth, was prosecuted at the instance of the Lord Advocate for sorcery.
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Andersone, maltman, James Hunter, fleshour, were convicted of art and part in breaking the Act of Parliament, by holding an assemblie and convention in Sanct Anne's Chappell, in the Spey-yards, upon Sanct
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Park, Gavin was a baker, John a maltman, Francis a chirurgeon, and
Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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He represents the Fiend passing up through the market, and chuckling as he listens to the strange oaths of cobbler, maltman, tailor, courtier, and minstrel.
Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Alexander Smith 1848
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Looks like you are collecting quite a good list ... maltman: I want to be able to paste pictures in gmail ....
MakeUseOf.com 2008
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a maltman, Francis a chirurgeon, and ‘Schir William’ a priest.
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"Conform to citation, Robert Thomson, maltman, compeared before the kirk-session on 30th December
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