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Mounted vs Jowter - What's the difference?

mounted | jowter |

As an adjective mounted

is on horseback.

As a verb mounted

is (mount).

As a noun jowter is

(obsolete) a mounted peddler of fish.

mounted

English

Adjective

(head)
  • on horseback
    • The mounted cavalry rode into town.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mount)
  • * 1883:
    • As soon as I was mounted , holding on to Dogger's belt, the supervisor gave the word, and the party struck out at a bouncing trot...
    English adjectives

    jowter

    English

    Alternative forms

    * jouster

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A mounted peddler of fish.
    • (Carew)
  • (archaic) A buyer and seller of fish.
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.68:
    • He lifted out the catfish and selected a small carp. They watched the needle swing. The old jowter twisted up the apron in his hands. Two and a half, he said.
    (Webster 1913)