stewer

English

Etymology

stew +‎ -er

Noun

stewer (plural stewers)

  1. A bird suitable for cooking by stewing.
    • 1972, Cline Jefferson Warren, The Netherlands Poultry Meat Industry, page 4:
      In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share of all live poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live stewers, ducks, and geese have trended downward while foreign trade of live broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.
  2. Someone who stews food.
  3. (Southern US, colloquial) A lidded pot with a handle, suitable for stewing.

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