A person who works with flint, mining it, shaping it, or using it for tools and fire-starting.
From 'flint' (the stone) plus the agent suffix '-er'. Refers to historical craftspeople and workers.
Flinters were essential to medieval and early modern economies—they produced flint blocks for buildings, flints for firearms, and created sparking stones for everyday fire-starting. It was specialized, valued work.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.