warrener
IPA: wˈɔrʌnɝ
noun
- One who farms or hunts rabbits professionally; the keeper of a warren
- A surname.
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Examples of "warrener" in Sentences
- Ay, forsooth: but he is as tall a man of his hands as any is between this and his head; he hath fought with a warrener.
- Ay, forsooth; but he is as tall a man of his hands as any is between this and his head: he hath fought with a warrener.
- But remember, that the warrener pays a high rent, and that therefore his rabbits are as much his property as his sheep.
- Ay, forsooth; but he is as tall a man of his hands as any is between this and his head; he hath fought with a warrener.
- _ Ay, forsooth: but he is as tall a man of his hands as any is between this and his head; he hath fought with a warrener.
- "I have also to tell you that I have distrained Wat the warrener from his cottage, for his Christmas rent is still unpaid, nor the hen-rents of last year."
- It was before dawn on New Year's Day that they reached the cottage of Perks, a warrener or gamekeeper, who had been dismissed from Mrs Littleton's service for dishonesty.
- Yorkshire, and he was _obliged_ to leave the care of the warren entirely to the warrener, who was _obliged_ to quit his house during the snow, and to take shelter with a neighbour: he neglected to clear the walls; and Marvel upon his return home, found that his silver sprigs had strayed into a neighbouring warren.
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