† fermerern.1
Obsolete.
The superintendent of a (monastic) infirmary. Cf. enfermer n.
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society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > infirmarer > [noun]
enfermerc1325
fermererc1386
infirmarerc1430
infirmarian1669
the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > hospital administrator > religious infirmary
fermererc1386
infirmarian1669
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 151 So did our sextein, and our fermerere, That han ben trewe feeres fifty yere.
1483 Cath. Angl. 127/2 A Fermerer, jnfirmarius.
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† fermerern.2
Scottish. Obsolete.
= farmer n.2 3a, 3b.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant
kindly tenanta1325
tenant1377
mailer1392
farmer1414
renter1444
takerc1450
fee-farmer1468
lessee1495
mail-man?a1500
tacksman1533
land-tenant1543
rentaller1553
fermerera1572
tenementer1574
mail-payer1597
inholdera1599
feu-farmer1609
leaseholder1858
leaser1877
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation (1632) iv. 298 Thair Factours and Fermorars.
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. David II in Regiam Majestatem 43 Fermorers borne of husband men..may not ficht for the libertie of their predicessours.
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. David II in Regiam Majestatem Table 79 Fermarer, or tenent to any man.
a1693 Disc. Tenures in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 83 A mere tenant at will, or firmor of the profits.
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