croker
See also: Croker
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Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
croker (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
From a Medieval Latin *crocarius, derivative of Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos).
Noun edit
croker (plural crokers)
- (obsolete) A cultivator of crocus or saffron; a dealer in saffron.
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
- The crokers or saffron men doo vse an obseruation a litle before the comming vp of the floure
References edit
- “croker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.