fish curer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person or business that preserves fish by salting, drying, smoking, pickling, or another curing process

   The fish curer packed the herrings in salt before they were exported.

A compound of fish and curer, the agent noun from cure. Cure entered English through Old French curer from Latin curare, 'to take care of'; its food-preservation sense developed from treating or preparing a product. Fish curer became an occupational name in fishing and export trades.

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