Meaning & use
poulterer
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Meanings
nouncountable
A person or shop that sells poultry, especially chicken, turkey, and duck, for eating.
Grammar: Countable: a poulterer, the poulterer, poulterers.
Patterns
- a poulterer's shop
The poulterer on the high street sells free-range chickens.
She ordered a large turkey from the local poulterer.
In the past, every town had a poulterer who prepared birds for customers.
nouncountable
A shop where poultry is sold.
Grammar: Often used with 's: at the poulterer's.
Patterns
- at the poulterer's
I stopped at the poulterer's to buy a duck for dinner.
The poulterer's was closed, so we bought chicken at the supermarket.
Word forms
| plural | poulterers |
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Common combinations
- local poulterer
- The local poulterer sources all his birds from nearby farms.
- poulterer's shop
- The poulterer's shop has been in the family for generations.
- order from a poulterer
- You can order a goose from a poulterer for Christmas.
Synonyms and how they differ
- butcher
- A butcher sells all kinds of meat, while a poulterer specializes in poultry.
- meat vendor
- A general term for anyone selling meat; poulterer is more specific.
Word family
- poultry noun
- Birds such as chickens and turkeys kept for meat and eggs.
Commonly confused: poulterer or poultry?
poulterer vs poultry
Poultry means the birds themselves; a poulterer is the person or shop that sells them.
Practice
Where can you buy a fresh chicken?
Choose one answer.
A poulterer sells poultry, so 'at the poulterer's' is correct. The other shops sell medicines, stationery, and hardware.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “poulterer”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.