grazier
/ˈɡɹeɪziə(ɹ)/noun
grazier is spelled G-R-A-Z-I-E-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grazier means “A person who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grazier is graziers.
How many letters and syllables are in grazier?
| Letters | 7: G-R-A-Z-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is grazier?
Grazier appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grazier?
- /ˈɡɹeɪziə(ɹ)/
- /ˈɡɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/
Grazier has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_grazier.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of grazier
- graziers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grazier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA person who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
Graziers on the tablelands are in dire straits because they do not have enough winter feed and will have to keep reducing stock.
- 2
AustraliaThe owner of a large property on which sheep or cattle graze.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grazier come from?
Inherited from Middle English grasiere, from grasen (“to graze”) + -iere (agentive suffix). By surface analysis, graze + -ier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).