quarrier

English

Etymology

From quarry +‎ -er.

Noun

quarrier (plural quarriers)

  1. Somebody who works in a quarry.
    Hyponym: quarryman
  2. (rare, obsolete) Alternative spelling of quariar; quarion.
    • 1907, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, issuing body, Report on the manuscripts of the Earl of Ancaster, preserved at Grimsthorpe‎[1], page 471:
      1562. For one dozen quarriers,* 11s. [...] * Quarrier, & candle made of & lump of wax with & wick in the middle.
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