Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CA'TER-ER
CA'TER-ER, n. [From cater. In Chaucer, achator, a purchaser or caterer, is evidently from acheter, to buy.]
A provider, buyer or purveyor of provisions. – Chaucer, Cant. Tales, 570. South.
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