Venetian

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Etymology

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From fòntego (fondaco, trading post) +‎ -er.

Noun

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fontegher m (plural fontegheri)

  1. Someone who works in a fondaco, merchant, trader.

Further reading

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  • Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “fontegher”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 279