spurrier

See also: Spurrier

English

Etymology

From Middle English sporier; equivalent to spur +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspʌɹiə(ɹ)/, /ˈspɜːɹiə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspɝɹiɚ/

Noun

spurrier (plural spurriers)

1. (dated) A maker of spurs.

   Synonym: spurmaker

   • 1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Gods so; my Spurrier! put 'em on Boy, quickly

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 3, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by hundreds.

References

• “spurrier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.