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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1581-1623
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Vignero(u)n, n. [e.m.E. vigneron (Caxton), F. vigneron.] One who grows grapes and makes wine. —1456 Hay II 60/12.
Quhen the vignerounis labouraris had wroucht all the day 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 11/10
Let readers … trow They see the painfull vigneron pull the grapes: First tramping them and after pressing