fruiter

English

Etymology

fruit +‎ -er

Noun

fruiter (plural fruiters)

1. Any organism that fruits.
   • 2015, Tradd Cotter, Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation:

     Hypholoma mushrooms are very prolific fruiters.

2. (historical) A ship for transporting fruit.
3. (slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.

   Synonym: fruit

   • 2006, William Lipsky, Gay and Lesbian San Francisco, page 48:

     Because of increasing awareness during the 1930s, the police department added plainclothes officers to its parks and squares unit to keep the "fruiters" in check. They began surveillance of the known places where gay men might go to meet each other […]

   • 2009, Donald H. Clark, Loving Someone Gay, page 179:

     They already had some gay friends, though I can't say I liked them very much. My Dad just took it in stride. It'd didn't make any difference between us. My Mom, after about fifteen minutes of silence, said, 'Oh, good, a fruiter—a funny boy. My sister has one.

   • 2021, Nick Kent, The Unstable Boys:

     'Maybe he's a fruiter,' remarked Tracey in her infuriating accent.
     'Now that would be a turn-up for the books, wouldn't it Mike? I have to say I've never warmed to the homosexual community. I'm not what you'd call a bender-befriender. Still, live and let live, I say.'

Anagrams

• turfier

Catalan

Etymology

From fruit +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾujˈte]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fɾujˈteɾ]

Adjective

fruiter (feminine fruitera, masculine plural fruiters, feminine plural fruiteres)

1. fruit-bearing

Noun

fruiter m (plural fruiters)

1. fruit tree

Derived terms

• fruiterar

Noun

fruiter m (plural fruiters, feminine fruitera)

1. fruiterer, fruitseller

Derived terms

• fruiteria

Further reading

• “fruiter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.