parchmentier

Etymology

From parchment + -ier.

parchmentier means Synonym of parchmenter. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 98 out of 100.

noun

Synonym of parchmenter.“[William H.] Moore says the tax rolls of Philip the Fair in 1215 showed streets of Paris named for writers, illuminators and dealers in parchment. “The ‘parchmentiers’ all lived near the walls of the city, maybe to avoid the king’s taxes on sheepskins,” Moore quips.”