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cautioner|ˈkɔːʃənə(r)|
Also 7 Sc. catiounar |ˈkeʃənər|.
[f. caution n. and v. + -er1.]
1. Sc. Law. One who gives or becomes security for another; a surety; = caution n.1 b.
c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 8 He became cautioner that such enormities..should not be committed in time coming. 1631Rutherford Lett. xix. (1862) I. 79 Jesus, as the Cautioner, is bound for us. a1662Heylin Laud (1671) 299 (D.) That no Presbyter should hereafter become surety or cautioner for any person whatsoever. 1846Laing in Knox's Wks. I. 345 note, Patrick Murray..became cautioner for William Harlaw, and was amerciated for his non-appearance to underly the law. 1846T. Chalmers On Romans xxi, Should an able Cautioner liquidate the whole. 1884Sir E. E. Kay in Law Times Rep. LI. 21/1 The case of a cautioner to the bank for one of their agents.
2. One who cautions or warns.
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