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▪ I. plainer|ˈpleɪnə(r)| [f. plain v. + -er1.] †a. Law. = complainant n. 1. Obs. b. A complainer, grumbler. Now dial.
1340Ayenb. 39 Þe ualse playneres þet makeþ þe ualse bezechinges. c1450Godstow Reg. 101 Bitwene Felice, Abbesse of Godestowe, pleyner,..and Aleyne Basset. 1590Marlowe Edw. II, iii. ii. 158 And bid me say, as plainer to your grace, That [etc.]. 1876Whitby Gloss., Plainer, a grumbler. ▪ II. plainer obs. form of planer. |