A plasterer. Formerly also: †a whitewasher (obsolete). Now chiefly historical.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Elyot (c1490–1546), humanist and diplomat. Partly from parget + -er, and partly from Middle French (Liège) porgeteur plasterer.
Definition of pargeter in US English:
pargeter
(also pargetter)
nounˈpɑːdʒɪtə
A plasterer. Formerly also: †a whitewasher (obsolete). Now chiefly historical.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Elyot (c1490–1546), humanist and diplomat. Partly from parget + -er, and partly from Middle French (Liège) porgeteur plasterer.