grafter noun6 •One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting. •(UK, informal) a hard worker who puts in long hours •A corrupt person, one who receives graft.If the people are corrupt; if everybody is a grafter, as our pessimistic friends would have us believe, Roosevelt would be unpopular. His popularity is proof that the people, as a whole, are honest. — 1911 •An instrument by which grafting is facilitated. •(slang) Someone who works in market stalls. •The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree. formsgrafters