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ransomer|ˈrænsəmə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who ransoms; a redeemer.
a1300Cursor M. 15043 Crist and king and ransconer [Gött. ransuner] O folk o godds lai. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andrew) 682 Thru þe wes myn ransoner. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xi. 45 Thy Ransonner, with woundis fyve. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxxiv. 23 Ere God can appeere to bee their raunsomer. 1678J. Brown Life of Faith (1824) I. vii. 129 A Ransomer..will be most tender of them. 1802J. Jamieson Use Sacr. Hist. I. i. 86 Elihu speaks of the Messiah as a Ransomer. 1870R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 9/1 A ransomed prisoner-of-war and his ransomer.
2. spec.
a. One of the representatives of the Order of our Lady for the redemption of captives, founded by St. Peter Nolasco in 1223 (see quot.).
1745A. Butler Lives of Saints (1821) I. 462 Two members of the Order should be sent together among the infidels to treat about the ransom of christian slaves, and they are hence called Ransomers.
b. A member of a Roman Catholic guild which aims at the conversion of England to the Roman Catholic faith.
1890Pall Mall G. 1 Apr. 6/2 The Guild was inaugurated about two years ago..and already numbers 12,000 members, called ‘Ransomers’. 1896Westm. Gaz. 1 June 9/2 An enormous gathering of ordinary lay Catholics, including ‘Ransomers’, whose special mission is to pray for the conversion of England.
3. A person held as security for the payment of ransom for a ship. ? Obs.
1707Lond. Gaz No. 4326/3 This Privateer had on Board eight Ransomers for Vessels taken in this Chanel. 1761Ann. Reg. 157 The Courageux..had ransomers on board for five prizes, amounting to 8200l. 1782Chron. in Ann. Reg. 199/1 A flag of truce arrived here last week with some ransomers. |