Definition of Fruiter

1. a. A ship for carrying fruit.

Definition of Fruiter

1. Noun. (archaic) A ship for carrying fruit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fruiter

1. one that grows or sells fruit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fruiter

1. A ship for carrying fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruiter

fruit sugar
fruit tree
fruit trees
fruitage
fruitages
fruitarian
fruitarianism
fruitarians
fruitbat
fruitbats
fruitcakes
fruiteater
fruiteaters
fruited
fruiter (current term)
fruiterer
fruiterers
fruiteress
fruiteresses
fruiters
fruitery
fruitestere
fruitflies
fruitfly
fruitful
fruitfull
fruitfuller
fruitfullest
fruitfully

Literary usage of Fruiter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Decided by the Court of by John Crockford, Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1868)
"THE fruiter v. THE FISCAL. the vessel who alleged that there was a good lookout, and not upon those who could not give such evidence as the ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, Court of Exchequer Chamber, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Court of Exchequer, Horace Binney Wallace (1838)
"On the 21st the captain of the fruiter saw the King George off Oporto. ... The fruiter arrived in the port of London on the 30th, and on the evening of that ..."

3. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1899)
"The tree is a fairly strong grower, of very good habit and an early fruiter, less subject to blight than its parent, the Wealthy. ..."

4. Admiralty Court Cases on the Rule of the Road: As Laid Down by the Articles by William Holt, Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1867)
"The anchor-chain of the fruiter was set fast by the collision, but was, after some delay and difficulty, cleared, the anchor let go, and the vessel brought ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Marine Insurance and Average: With References to by Joseph Arnould (1850)
"(a) Concealment of Two ships, the fruiter and the Kin* George, both sailed was last seen: from Malaga for London ; the first on the 9th ot October, ..."

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