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▪ I. † ˈvinton Obs.
[Obscurely related to vintenary or vintener.]
(See quots.)
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 275 The whole country [i.e. the Isle of Wight] is divided into eleven parts: and every of them hath their severall Centoner, as one would say Centurion, their Vintons also, leaders as it were of twenty. 1751Eng. Gazetteer s.v. Wight-Island, The militia here is divided into 11 bands, over each of which is an officer, called a centurion, though he commands more than 100 men; and the inferior officers are called vintons.
▪ II. vinton
obs. f. vintem. |