† suˈmmonitor Obs.
Also 7 somoniter.
[a. med.L. summonitor, agent-n. f. summonit-, -monēre to summon.]
An officer of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland who assisted in collecting the royal revenues by citing defaulters.
| 1617 Moryson Itin. ii. 29 [Irish Court of Exchequer] The Somoniter one hundred sixe shillings eight pence. a 1726 Gilbert Hist. View Crt. Exch. v. (1738) 109 An Officer, who makes out the first Process, whom they call the Summonitor. |