Graffer vs Graffed - What's the difference?
graffer | graffed |
(informal) A graffiti artist.
* 2007 , Christine Dew, Uncommissioned art: an A-Z of Australian graffiti
(graff)
(slang) Graffiti.
(obsolete) A steward; an overseer.
* John Knox
* {{quote-book, year=, author=Francois Rabelais, title=Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV., chapter=, edition=
, passage=Truly, said Pantagruel, if I live to go home--which I hope will be speedily, God willing--I'll set off and graff some in my garden in Touraine, by the banks of the Loire, and will call them bon-Christian or good-Christian pears, for I never saw better Christians than are these good Papimans.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1831, author=William Stewart Rose, title=Orlando Furioso, chapter=, edition=
, passage=For where men look for fruit they graff the tree, And study still the rising plant to train; And artist uses to refine the gold Designed by him the precious gem to hold.}}
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As a noun graffer
is (informal) a graffiti artist or graffer can be (legal|obsolete) a notary or scrivener.As a verb graffed is
(graff).graffer
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- A wall in neighbouring Clifton Hill is also very chatty, but the messages are the tags, pieces and throw-ups of subway-style graffiti writers, whose conversation is directed to other graffers rather than the general public (above).
Etymology 2
Compare greffier.graffed
English
Verb
(head)graff
English
Noun
(en noun)- [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff , and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.
Verb
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