corn-factor

A trader in grains.

Noun

  1. A trader in grains.
    • For years and years it had gone off in splendid style as long as any one could remember; ever since Kate and Julia, after the death of their brother Pat, had left the house in Stoney Batter and taken Mary Jane, their...
    • "My name is Henchard; ha'n't you replied to an advertisement for a corn-factor's manager that I put into the paper - ha'n't you come here to see me about it?" - 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter 7, in The Mayor of...

Origin

From corn + factor.

Forms

corn-factors cornfactor

Synonyms

grain agent seedsman