maltster

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English maltestere, malstere; equivalent to malt + -ster.

"I should imagine that it belonged to some vintner or maltster in the Middle Ages," said I. — Tales of Terror and Mystery, Arthur Conan Doyle
The maltster, indeed, instead of a tax of six shillings, would be obliged to advance one of eighteen shilling upon every quarter of malt. — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
With which Bright Future, with another swing of her cornucopia, poured such another shower of small gold dollars upon him, that it seemed to bank him up all round, and he waded about in it like a maltster in malt. — The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, Herman Melville

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