taintortaintourn.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > one who accuses of crime
wrayerc1000
appellorc1400
criminatora1425
appeacher1440
taintor1451
denunciator1474
approverc1475
appealer1519
denouncer1533
detector1541
impeacher1552
peacher1570
delatora1572
approvant1587
appellant1597
exhibitera1616
exhibitant1818
incriminator1838
rapper1904
1451 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 40/2 Þat na man haf out of þe Realme gold bulȝeone or siluer vnder þe payn of escheite þareof, þe tane half to þe king & þe toþir half to þe tayntour & þe takar.
2. [ < Anglo-Norman teintour = Old French teintor, -ur, -eur.] A dyer. rare.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > dyer
dyestera1350
dyer1369
litsterc1374
dexter14..
pigmentarya1460
scaldrag1630
engrainer1805
taintor1889
1889 McAnally in Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 812 The cloth..finished and ready for the Dyer, Litter, or Lister, or the Norman Taintor or Taintur.
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