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▪ I. staller1 Hist.|ˈstɔːlə(r)|
[ad. late OE. stallere, *steallere (in genit. contracted stealres, steallres), prob. f. steall stall n.1, in imitation of L. stabulārius. Cf. ON. stallari, the title of a Norwegian court officer from the 10th c.]
The title of a high officer in the reign of Edward the Confessor, equivalent to constable 1.
a1100O.E. Chron. an 1047 (MS. D.) Her man utlagode Osgod stallere. 11..Charter in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 291 On Esgeres stealres, and on Raulfes steallres..ᵹewitnesse on Lincolne. c1200in Michel Chron. Anglo-Norm. ii. 234 Esegarus regie procurator aule, qui et anglice dictus stallere, i.e. regni vexillifer. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 439 Wee reade in the private historie of the place, The Kings Staller, that is, Standard Bearer..first founded it. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. xi. (1897) I. 383 The constable..succeeded to the duties of the Anglo-Saxon staller.
¶ Used vaguely for: Officer.
1638H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier ii. iii, Sit downe by me your Officiall: Or to come nearer to the efficacy of the word, Your undermost Iaylor, or staller; The word is Lordly and significant.
Hence ˈstallership, the office of a ‘staller’.
1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. App. 684 A mere lad would hardly have been invested with a stallership.
▪ II. staller2 slang.|ˈstɔːlə(r)|
[f. stall v.2 + -er1.]
1. staller (up): one who ‘stalls up’ or acts as confederate to a pickpocket (see stall v.2 1).
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., s.v. Stall, The stallers up are gratified with such part of the gains acquired as the liberality of the knuckling gentlemen may prompt them to bestow. 1977New Society 7 July 6/2 At first he was a staller. ‘You get a woman trying to get on a train, someone goes in front of her, stalls her for ten to 15 seconds, and she's forgot about her bag.’
2. One who stalls or prevaricates; a person who gains time by obstructionism.
1937Partridge Dict. Slang 823/1 Staller, a person constantly, or very good at, making excuses or playing for time. 1977H. Greene FSO-1 ix. 76 You are..one of the world's most transparent stallers... We are convened to talk about Larry. 1981‘W. Haggard’ Money Men vii. 74 He was an experienced staller. Postponing action was called good judgment.
▪ III. † ˈstaller3 Obs.
[f. stall n.4 + -er1.]
= stall n.4
1713J. Warder True Amazons iii. (1742) 44 In the Staller are left old sufficient Warriors to train up and discipline the young Amazons. Ibid. xiv. 135 You had better chuse a Staller of two Years old, than a light Swarm.
▪ IV. staller
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