noun
salter
noun
1
Someone whose trade is making, selling, or applying salt.
"The old salter sold his cured fish at the harbour market every Friday."
"In medieval towns, the salter often worked closely with the local butcher and fishmonger."
2
A trout that has left salt water and is swimming back up a river to spawn.
"Anglers waited by the weir for the first salter of the season to appear."
How to Use Salter
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost often it just means someone in the salt trade; the fish sense is a specialist, mostly British angling term.
Common mistake
It also exists as a common surname (Salter) — don't assume every use is the job title or fish sense.
Common pairings
a salter's trade
the returning salter
Word Forms
salters plural
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Etymology
From "salt" plus the agent suffix "-er" — literally "one who works with salt."