Feŭ'ter-er, n.

n. [Either from Ger. fütterer, a feeder, from füttern, to feed, or corrupted from O. Fr. vautrier, vauttrier, from vaultre, viautre, a kind of hound, Pr. veltre, It. veltro; O. Fr. vauthrer, vautrier, to hunt boars with such a dog, from Lat. vertragus, vertraga, greyhound, a word of Celtic origin.] A dog-keeper. [Obs.] Massinger.