cautionern.
/ˈkɔːʃənə/ 1. Scots Law. One who gives or becomes security for another; a surety; = caution n. 1b.
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c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 8 He became cautioner that such enormities..should not be committed in time coming.
1631 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xix. 79 Jesus, as the Cautioner, is bound for us.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Angl. (1671) 299 That no Presbyter should hereafter become surety or cautioner for any person whatsoever.
1846 Laing 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.
1846 T. Chalmers Lect. Rom. xxi Should an able Cautioner liquidate the whole.
1884 Sir E. E. Kay in Law Times Rep. 51 21/1 The case of a cautioner to the bank for one of their agents.
2. One who cautions or warns. (In modern dictionaries.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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