"grafter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-grafter.ogg Forms: grafters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːftə(ɹ), -æftə(ɹ) Etymology: From graft + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|graft|er|id2=agent noun}} graft + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} grafter (plural grafters)
  1. One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting): enter [masculine] (Dutch), oksastaja (Finnish), varttaja (Finnish), Pfropfer [masculine] (German), Pflanzenveredler [masculine] (German), enxertador [masculine] (Portuguese), привива́льщик (priviválʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), привива́льщица (priviválʹščica) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-grafter-en-noun-q1McSkn4 Disambiguation of People: 19 0 24 22 19 16 Disambiguation of 'one who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting': 63 2 8 15 12
  2. An instrument by which grafting is facilitated. Translations (an instrument by which grafting is facilitated): Pfropfwerkzeug [neuter] (German), Pfropfmesser (english: grafting knife) [neuter] (German), Veredelungsmesser (english: grafting knife) [neuter] (German), enxertador [masculine] (Portuguese), садо́вый нож (sadóvyj nož) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-grafter-en-noun-bOkGTbV2 Disambiguation of 'an instrument by which grafting is facilitated': 1 91 4 2 2
  3. The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree. Categories (topical): People Translations (the original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree): приво́й (privój) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-grafter-en-noun-YKPu8ee5 Disambiguation of People: 19 0 24 22 19 16 Disambiguation of 'the original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree': 4 3 80 8 6
  4. (slang) Someone who works in market stalls. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-grafter-en-noun-Fll6jcXe Disambiguation of Occupations: 15 3 16 33 19 14 Disambiguation of People: 19 0 24 22 19 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 3 22 36 24 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 11 3 21 35 25 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 4 22 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 3 22 37 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 2 21 39 26 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 5 22 34 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 5 23 35 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 5 22 36 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 7 22 33 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 4 21 37 26
  5. (English slang) a hard worker who puts in long hours Tags: English, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-grafter-en-noun-7vU0QhjN Disambiguation of People: 19 0 24 22 19 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: graft
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-grafter.ogg Forms: grafters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːftə(ɹ), -æftə(ɹ) Etymology: From graft + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|graft|er|id2=agent noun}} graft + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} grafter (plural grafters)
  1. A corrupt person, one who receives graft. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-grafter-en-noun--G5bj0S- Disambiguation of People: 19 0 24 22 19 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: graft
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1911, The Twentieth Century Magazine, volume 4, page 335:",
          "text": "If the people are corrupt; if everybody is a grafter, as our pessimistic friends would have us believe, Roosevelt would be unpopular. His popularity is proof that the people, as a whole, are honest.",
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          "ref": "1980, David Mark Chalmers, The Muchrake Years, Krieger Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 152:",
          "text": "It is rather confused rhetoric to call a grafter a thief. His crime is not that he filches money from the safe but that he betrays a trust.",
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          "text": "2007, Rebecca Menes, \"Limiting the Reach of the Grabbing Hand: Graft and growth in American Cities, 1880 to 1930\", in Edward L. Glaeser, Claudia Goldin (eds.), Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report, The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 64.\nRapid city growth rewarded the circumspect grafter with opportunities for what one famous Tammany Hall politician termed “honest graft” […].",
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