vintager

American  

[vin-tuh-jer] / ˈvɪn tə dʒər /

noun

1. a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.

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vintager British  

/ ˈvɪntɪdʒə /

noun

1. a grape harvester

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Etymology

Origin of vintager

First recorded in 1580–90; vintage + -er ¹

Example Sentences

In the olive season he helped in the gathering; in grape season he offered himself as vintager.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

The sun, treading the earth like a vintager, drew from it heady fragrances, crushed out of it new colours.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith

Let me Pomona's plenteous blessings crop, And see rich autumn's ripen'd burden drop, Till Bacchus with full clusters crowns the year, And gladdens with his load the vintager.

From On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions by Felton, Samuel

While wheeling merrily along the valley road I am favored with a "peace-offering" of a splendid bunch of grapes from a bold vintager en route, to Bey Bazaar with a grape-laden donkey.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

Vindemiatrix, ε Virginis, "the vintager or grape gatherer."

From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler