1. A tool used to facilitate grafting in horticulture
   "The professional gardener used a specialized grafter to join the scion to the rootstock"
    
2. A person who performs grafting in plants
   "The skilled grafter improved the orchard's yield by grafting superior varieties onto hardy rootstocks"
    
3. [informal] A person who obtains money or advantage by dishonest or illegal means
   "The politician was exposed as a grafter who had been accepting bribes"
    
4. [Brit] A person who works hard, often in a physically demanding job
   "He's a real grafter, always the first to arrive and last to leave the construction site"

Derived forms: grafters

Encyclopedia: Grafter