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† ˈbrogger Obs.
Also 5 brager, bragger, 7 broger, broggar.
[App. an unexplained corruption of broker. Anglo-French had also broggour beside brocour. Cf. also brogge, brogue n.1]
An agent; a jobber, esp. a corrupt jobber of offices; a broker.
[1386Act 10 Rich. II, i. §2 Officers & Ministres faitz par brogage & de lour broggors & de ceux qont prise le broggage.] c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xvii. (1875) 153 No man..durst take an office..but he ffirst had þe good will off þe said bragers [MS. 1532 broggers; ed. 1714, broggars] and engrossers of offices. 1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII, i, Euery..grasier, fermour, breder, drouer, and brogger..whiche..shall haue any beoffes. 1550Rem. Edw. VI, Jrnl. (Roxb.) 293 That no man shuld bie or sel the self-same thinges againe, except broggers. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1588/2 Broggers, and carriers of corne. 1641Baker Chron. (1679) 391/2 Broggers of Corn and Forestallers of Markets. 1682J. Scarlett Exchanges 8 Brogers, etc. are Persons Sworn and Authorized by the Magistrate..to enquire of Persons that have any Monyes to remit or to draw, and to agree such persons concerning the Conditions. 1720Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. xv. 329/1 They were called Broggers in a Statute 10 Richard II—none to be Brocars in any mystery unless chosen by the same mystery. |