单词 | naperer |
释义 | naperern. Now historical. A person in charge of the table linen of a royal household; this office or position. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of linen naperer1225 napier1880 1225 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Eng. Surnames (1991) s.v. Napier Reginald le Naperer. c1450 Brut (Egerton) 445 (MED) The Lord Grey Ryffyn, Napperer. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxi The lord Gray Ruthyn, or Ryffyn Naperer. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 592/1 Anne, late wife of Iohn de Hastings Earle of Pembroke..was admitted..to vse the office of Naperer. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 42/2 Naperer, or Keeper of the Table Linnen. 1865 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 339 Their..ancestors having held the same honourable office of royal naperer. 1906 N.E.D. at Napery The office of naperer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1225 |
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