Meanings
nountruffler (plural trufflers)
plural trufflers
- A person who hunts for truffles.
Synonyms: truffle hunter
- An animal, usually a pig or dog, used for extraction of truffles.
Henry’s great-great-great-second-nephew, Louis XIV, also an ailurophobiac, kept scores of toy poodles, Chien Gris de St. Louis hounds, and trufflers—terriers specially trained to dig up the popular delicacy of the day.
1994, David Comfort, The First Pet History of the World, New York, N. Y.: Fireside, →ISBN, page 128 - broadlyfigurativelyA person who keenly seeks something out.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who hunts for truffles.
Similar
truffle hunter
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