affineur

Etymology

Borrowed from French affineur

Noun

affineur (plural affineurs)

1. One who ages cheese and purveys it.

Noun

affineur m (plural affineurs, feminine affineuse)

1. One who refines; refiner.
2. One who ages cheese and purveys it.

See also

• fromager (“cheesemaker, cheesemonger”)

References

• Dining: French cheeses: The affineur's art by Patricia Wells, The International Herald-Tribune, 2002–11–8
• What's affinage and who's the affineur?
• The art of the affineur
• Affinage - refining of a cheese

Further reading

• “affineur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).