† portator Obs. rare
Forms: 5 -ur, 6 -our, 7 -or.
[a. AF. portatour = obs. F. portateur (1540 in Godef.), ad. L. *portātōr-em, agent-n. f. portāre to carry.]
A bearer, carrier, supporter.
| c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 306 Also I am þe prymatt portatur next heueyn, yf þe trewth be sowth, & that I Iugge me to skryptur. 1529 St. Papers Hen. VIII, IV. 562, I haue send this present portatour to the Kingis Hienes.., amply instructit with my mynd, as he will informe ȝow. a 1660 Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) I. 158 Some of the ministers, portators of this money. Ibid. III. 68 Tellinge..that he was portator of both his parents curse. |