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English
Etymology
From tribute + -er.
Noun
tributer (plural tributers)
- (mining) A miner who is paid in a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
- 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
- Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what they raise.
- (rare) One who pays tribute.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 242:She saw neither room nor dancers, but a vast theatre filled with homage tributers, and for her, though for what rare attribute was not clear.