poulterer

[ pohl-ter-er ]

/ ˈpoʊl tər ər /

a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.

Origin of poulterer

1525–35; obsolete poulter poultry dealer (< Middle French pouletier; see pullet, -ier²) + -er¹

It would be worth inquiry when the incorrect duplication of termination first produced our modern words upholsterer and poulterer?

Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 98, September 13, 1851 |Various
I've seen 'em trundled out in fever and plague, egad, lying in rows, like plucked chickens in a poulterer's shop.

The Tenants of Malory |Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The poulterer stepped to the edge of the curb and apostrophised the universe generally.

Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green |Jerome K. Jerome
I say—go to the poulterer's round the corner, and buy the prize turkey for me!

A Christmas Carol |C. Z. Barnett

We ran away, and to-night L—— tells me he saw the Farmer enter the poulterer's shop with the bird in his hand.

The Journal of a Disappointed Man |Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

poulterer

/ (ˈpəʊltərə) /

British another word for a poultryman

C17: from obsolete poulter, from Old French pouletier, from poulet pullet