cramer Sc. ? Obs.
(ˈkreɪmə(r))
Also cremar(e, creamer, crammer, craimer, kramer.
[In 15th c. Sc., a. MLG. krêmer, kræmer, krâmer, or MDu. (Flem.) kramer, kraemer, in LG. krêmer, krâmer, mod.Du. kramer, petty trader, retailer, pedlar, hawker, prop. keeper of a crame; = OHG. chrâmari, krâmari, MHG. krâmære, krâmer, kræmer, kremer, mod.G. krämer (kramer): like the root-word, introduced by German trade into other langs.: Icel. kramari, Sw. krämare, Da. krämmer, Pol. kramarz, etc.]
One who sells goods at a stall or booth; also a pedlar or hawker.
| 1491 in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. I. 184 Graytht boycht be the King fra a cremar at the Kirk dure. 1504 Ibid. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. 120 To ane cremare for ane Psalter. 1513–75 Diurn. Occurrents (1833) 300 James Dalzell Merchand, and Alexander Fousie cramer. 1641 Sir T. Roe in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 458 The pedling French trade must be met with, by diligent search, at the landing of these creamers. a 1651 Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1842) III. 336 Diverse books set forth by Jesuits..inbrought in this countrie by Poles, crammers, and others. 1718 J. Spottiswoode Forms of Process, Perquisites..from the kramers in the outer hall. 1791 Statist. Acc. II. 508 (Forfars.) (Jam.) 2 creamers, persons who go through the parish..and buy butter, hens, eggs, etc., mostly for the Dundee market. |