maltster

[ mawlt-ster ]

noun

1. a maker of or dealer in malt.

maltster

/ ˈmɔːltstə /

noun

1. a person who makes or deals in malt

Word History and Origins

Origin of maltster¹

First recorded in 1325–75, maltster is from the Middle English word malt(e)stere. See malt, -ster

Example Sentences

Rumbold, the maltster who contrived the Rye house plot taken and executed at Edinburgh.

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He was the second son of Richard Farmer, a wealthy maltster of that town.

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This horizontal air-mill served as a landmark for many miles round: the proprietor was Mr. Hodgson, a maltster and distiller.

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I found I was as vain of those memories as the maltster was of having lost all his teeth.

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It was the unvarying custom in Weatherbury to sink all minor differences when the maltster had to be pacified.

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