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Definition for POULT'ER-ER
POULT
POUL'TICE
POULT'ER-ER
, n. [Norm.
poltaire
. See Poultry.]
One who makes it his business to sell fowls for the table.
Formerly, in England, an officer of the king's household, who had the charge of the poultry.
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