† tumbestern.

Forms: Also Middle English tombester(e, tumbestere, Middle English -istere.

Etymology: Feminine of Old English tumbere tumbler, dancer, acrobat: see -ster suffix. Compare Old French tumberesse, tumeresse ( < tomber to fall), in same sense (13th cent. in Godefroy).

Obsolete.

A female tumbler or dancer. See also tumblester n.

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tumblera1340

tumbesterc1386

tumblesterc1386

playera1425

speeler1496

balancer?1518

petaurist1656

tumbling lass1687

balance-master1753

balance-mistress1801

jerry-come-tumble1823

acrobat1827

evolutionist1833

jerry-go-nimble1874

c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Ellesm.) 15 And right anon thanne comen Tombesteres [Cambr. Tumbesteris; Corp., Petworth, Lansd. tombl.] Fetys and smale and yonge frutesteres.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 15 In Grees was no man grettre þan Alisaundre; noþeles Perdica, a tombester [MS. β and Caxton tomblestres; Higden saltatricis] sone, was his successour, and nouȝt his owne sone.

14.. MS. Harl. 2398 lf. 8 Herodias douȝ ter, þat was a tumbestere, and tumblede by fore him and oþer grete lordes.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ix. 180 I hatte jolyfnesse, þe lyghte, þe tumbistere, þe rennere, þe fonne, þe lepere.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxviii Perdicas..was of no kynges bloode, his dame was a tombystere.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tumbester
释义	† tumbestern. Forms: Also Middle English tombester(e, tumbestere, Middle English -istere. Etymology: Feminine of Old English tumbere tumbler, dancer, acrobat: see -ster suffix. Compare Old French tumberesse, tumeresse ( < tomber to fall), in same sense (13th cent. in Godefroy). Obsolete. A female tumbler or dancer. See also tumblester n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat tumblera1340 tumbesterc1386 tumblesterc1386 playera1425 speeler1496 balancer?1518 petaurist1656 tumbling lass1687 balance-master1753 balance-mistress1801 jerry-come-tumble1823 acrobat1827 evolutionist1833 jerry-go-nimble1874 c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Ellesm.) 15 And right anon thanne comen Tombesteres [Cambr. Tumbesteris; Corp., Petworth, Lansd. tombl.] Fetys and smale and yonge frutesteres. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 15 In Grees was no man grettre þan Alisaundre; noþeles Perdica, a tombester [MS. β and Caxton tomblestres; Higden saltatricis] sone, was his successour, and nouȝt his owne sone. 14.. MS. Harl. 2398 lf. 8 Herodias douȝ ter, þat was a tumbestere, and tumblede by fore him and oþer grete lordes. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ix. 180 I hatte jolyfnesse, þe lyghte, þe tumbistere, þe rennere, þe fonne, þe lepere. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxviii Perdicas..was of no kynges bloode, his dame was a tombystere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1386
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