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Farrier

//ˈfæɹi.ə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a farrier.

Noun

1
A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
2
a person who shoes horses wordnet

Verb

1
To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier. intransitive
"though there are many Pretenders to the Art of Farriering and Cow-leeching , yet many of them are very ignorant , especially in the Countrie"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).

Etymology 3

English occupational surname, see Ferrier. Also a variant of Farrar.

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