[f. FLEECE v. + -ER1.] One who fleeces (see the vb.).
1612. Adams, Pract. Wks. (1862), I. 449. We bless God that we are well freed from the Bonners and butchers of these lambs; but we have still fleecers enough,—too many,—that love to see learning follow Homer with a staff and a wallet.
1637. Prynne, Brev. Prel. Usurp., 262. Not fleecers, but feeders.
1708. Motteux, Rabelais, V. Prognostication, v. 163. Fleecers of Sheer’d-Asses.
1795. Hull Advertiser, 5 Sept., 4/4.
1847. in Craig.
1884. Morris, in Pall Mall G., 7 Oct., 8/1. Whereas if a labour employer, or fleecer, were to find himself possessed of no more to live on, his friends would … hide his razors away.
