Daily AncestorFruiterer
A fruiterer sold fresh fruit from a shop or stall; the word is mainly British and Australian and close to greengrocer.
Middle English fruiterer meant a fruit grower or a fruit dealer, and the modern word means one who sells fruit. In Britain and Australia a shop selling fruit and vegetables may be called either a greengrocer or a fruiterer.
In the United States the same trade was usually called a produce store or produce shop.
As seen in a recordOccupation column of the 1850 to 1900 census
Jas. Bowles, 50, Fruiterer, England
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