Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who gathers bees into a hive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who collects bees into a hive.

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  • noun One who collects bees into a hive.

Etymologies

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hive +‎ -er

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Examples

  • "Ox-deer, or 'heaviers,' as the foresters call them (most likely a corruption from the French 'hiver'), are wilder than either hart or hind.

    Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 Various

  • Français · Brésil: Photos d'un hiver aux pluies torrentielles

    Global Voices in English » Brazil: Photos of a country hit by hail, rain and high winds 2009

  • En lisant ma rubrique adorée A Day in a French Life ce matin, j'ai pu constater que mon amie Kristi avait bien retenu ce qu'il nous faudra porter cette saison automne-hiver 2004/2005 pour être dans le coup!

    Mode 2010

  • The name Bon Iver came from the French words for "good winter" bon hiver , a season Mr. Vernon likes.

    A Little Whiskey and Some Friends Jen Wieczner 2012

  • Manchester Bon Iver on Tour Stuck in a Wisconsin cabin with mononucleosis in 2007, Justin Vernon watched an episode of the TV show "Northern Exposure" in which the characters celebrated the first snowfall by wishing each other a "bon hiver."

    What's On Around Europe 2011

  • What was a fun summer read seems vapid in the cool light of hiver.

    Giving Up Roger Sutton 2009

  • What was a fun summer read seems vapid in the cool light of hiver.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Roger Sutton 2009

  • After this summer's release of a second album, recorded in an old converted veterinary clinic, a new tour welcomes a sonic "bon hiver."

    What's On Around Europe 2011

  • En lisant ma rubrique adorée A Day in a French Life ce matin, j'ai pu constater que mon amie Kristi avait bien retenu ce qu'il nous faudra porter cette saison automne-hiver 2004/2005 pour être dans le coup!

    Mode 2010

  • Bon Iver (from bon hiver, French for "good winter") is Justin Vernon.

    Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Seventeen 2009

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