poulter noun. ['pǝʊltǝ] arch. ME.
[Old French pouletier, from poulet PULLET: see -ER².]
1. = POULTERER. ME.
poulter's measure Prosody (now rare) a metre consisting of lines of 12 and 14 syllables alternately.

2. An officer of a noble household, a monastery, etc., in charge of the purchase of poultry and other provisions. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.

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