Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corn-factor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: corn--fac-tor
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trader in grains.

British usage

Example Sentences

"For years and years it had gone off in splendid style as long as any one could remember; ever since Kate and Julia, after the death of their brother Pat, had left the house in Stoney Batter and taken Mary Jane, their only niece, to live with them in the dark gaunt house on Usher's Island, the upper part of which they had rented from Mr Fulham, the corn-factor on the ground floor."
""My name is Henchard; ha'n't you replied to an advertisement for a corn-factor's manager that I put into the paper - ha'n't you come here to see me about it?""

Etymology

From corn + factor.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

corn-factors (plural) cornfactor (alternative)

Synonyms

grain agent seedsman

Questions

What does corn-factor mean?: A trader in grains.
Where does corn-factor come from?: From corn + factor.

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