cautioner
(ˈkɔːʃənə(r))
Also 7 Sc. catiounar (ˈkeʃənər).
[f. caution n. and v. + -er1.]
1. Sc. Law. One who gives or becomes security for another; a surety; = caution n.1 b.
| c 1565 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 8 He became cautioner that such enormities..should not be committed in time coming. 1631 Rutherford Lett. xix. (1862) I. 79 Jesus, as the Cautioner, is bound for us. a 1662 Heylin Laud (1671) 299 (D.) That no Presbyter should hereafter become surety or cautioner for any person whatsoever. 1846 Laing in Knox's Wks. I. 345 note, Patrick Murray..became cautioner for William Harlaw, and was amerciated for his non-appearance to underly the law. 1846 T. Chalmers On Romans xxi, Should an able Cautioner liquidate the whole. 1884 Sir E. E. Kay in Law Times Rep. LI. 21/1 The case of a cautioner to the bank for one of their agents. |
2. One who cautions or warns.
| In mod. Dicts. |