grafter
Noun

grafter (plural grafters)

  1. One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting.
  2. An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
  3. The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
  4. (slang) Someone who works in market stalls.
Related terms Translations
  • Portuguese: enxertador
  • Russian: привива́льщик
Translations
  • Portuguese: enxertador
  • Russian: садо́вый нож
Translations
  • Russian: приво́й
Noun

grafter (plural grafters)

  1. A corrupt person, one who receives graft.
    • 1911, The Twentieth Century Magazine, Vol. 4, page 335.
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    • 1980, David Mark Chalmers, The Muchrake Years, Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 0898740665, page 152.
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    • 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 0226299597, page 64.
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