warrener

From Middle English warenner, warner, from Anglo-Norman warennier, variant of garennier; equivalent to warren +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹənə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹənɚ/, /ˈwɑɹənɚ/

warrener (plural warreners)

1. One who farms or hunts rabbits professionally; the keeper of a warren
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], page 42, column 2:

     [H]e is as tall a man of his hand, as any is betweene this and his head: he hath fought with a Warrener.

• Warrener
• warrenership