garreteer

English

Etymology

From garret +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡæɹəˈtɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

garreteer (plural garreteers)

1. One who lives in a garret.
2. (derogatory) A poor author; a literary hack.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     a stupid and ignorant Grub Street garreteer

   • 2014, Aaron Skirboll, The Thief-Taker Hangings, page 165:

     He had a stable of writers at his disposal, his garreteers, given entry to the prison and always at the ready to put a prisoner's story to paper.

References

• “garreteer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.