poulterer

Dealer in fowl

A poulterer is a person who sells poultry—chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and similar fowl.

The term is old-fashioned; most people now buy their birds from butchers or supermarkets rather than specialized poultry dealers.

The poulterer had fresh geese for Christmas.

poultry

chicken

Domestic fowl for eating

  • turkeyWattled North American fowl
  • duckWaterbird that quacks
  • gooseLarge honking waterfowl

quail · pheasant · hen · rooster · guinea fowl · capon · squab · partridge · grouse · fowl

trade

butcher

One who sells cuts

shopkeeper · stallholder · tradesman · vendor · retailer · supplier · provisioner · purveyor · wholesaler · monger

preparation

plucking

Removing by tugging

giblets · carcass · evisceration · defeathering · gutting · portioning · boning · skinning · quartering · spatchcock

market

stall

Enclosed compartment or delay

emporium · marketplace · counter · display · cold storage · weighing · customer · transaction · wholesale · retail

farming

breeding

Reproductive cultivation of organisms

hatchery · incubation · free-range · battery · rearing · feed · fattening · culling · brooding · egg production

Categories
Opposites
type of food merchant

poultererfishmonger

Seller of fresh catches

greengrocer · butcher · cheesemonger · fruiterer · costermonger

Family

poultry, pullet, poultrymen

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G