Obs. rare–1. [f. FRUIT sb. + -STER.] = FRUITERESS. (Cf. quot. 1672 for fruit-woman in FRUIT sb. 9.)
c. 1386. Chaucer, Pardoner’s T., 16. Than comen tombesteres Fetys and smale, and yonge frutesteres [v. rr. fruytesteres, fruytsters].
