parter Now rare.
(ˈpɑːtə(r))
[f. part v. + -er1.]
One who or that which parts; a divider, separator, distributor, etc.: see the verb.
| c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 231 Who made me juge and partere among ȝou? 1470–85 Malory Arthur xviii. vii, The knyȝtes parters of the lystes toke vp sire Mador. 1487 Act 4 Hen. VII, c. 2 (Preamble), Finers and Parters of Gold and Silver by Fire and Water. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 62 b, To be a defence and a partour of our neighbour his ground and ours. 1612 Chapman Widow's T. Plays 1873 III. 40 Not we Sir, we are no parters of fraies. |