ciderist

noun

ciderist

noun

Etymology From cider + -ist.

1

Obsolete A maker of cider.

  • [W]hen the Cyderiſts have taken care for the beſt Fruit, and ordered them after the beſt manner they could, yet hath their Cyder generally proved pale, ſharp, and ill-taſted, &c. and all from the too early ſtopping of it.1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, “Of Cyder”, in The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC, page 578:

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