Meaning of grazier | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
   UK, historical
2. A surname originating as an occupation.
3. The owner of a large property on which sheep or cattle graze.
   Australia

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Examples

“Graziers on the tablelands are in dire straits because they do not have⟳ enough winter feed⟳ and will have⟳ to keep⟳ reducing stock⟳.”

“They came ungraciously, but after his dark, bodeful hints as to the necessity of their attending service at the grazier's homestead next day, he was invited inside and a place⟳ was cleared for him at the table.”

“As a result⟳ of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest⟳ of Australia. He has always spent a considerable proportion of the time in the capital cities, in each of which he has formed a club to which, besides the graziers, only a few of the wealthiest and most prominent of the city dwellers are admitted.”

“They have⟳ been here, the bora rings, for over twenty thousand years, it is believed; it is only in the past hundred, a hiccup in time, that indifferent graziers and the treads of their four-wheel drives have⟳ scattered the stones and have⟳ imprinted zippered cars across their sacred clay skin.”

“The ‘grazier’ image can be contrasted to that of the ‘cocky’. Graziers have⟳ tended to own⟳ large tracts of land⟳, have⟳ inherited family wealth from the heady days of high wool prices, often reside in stately homes, possess⟳ a good education, and have⟳ taken leadership roles in the industry.”

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