Definition of "grafter" [graft•er]

• One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting. (noun)
• An instrument by which grafting is facilitated. (noun)
• The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree. (noun)
• Someone who works in market stalls. (noun)

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• ""That was what I call a grafter," said one of the boys."
• "I am no doubt the worst "grafter" in the business."
• "The temper of the back country is well caught in Howell's lines anent this early American "grafter", the favorite of the royal governor:"