† truphane Sc. Obs.
[app. ad. OF. truf(f)ant deceiver, f. truf(f)er, trupher to mock: see truff v., truf(f)e, truff n.1 Or it might directly represent a med.L. *truf(f)ānus, f. med.L. truf(f)a, trupha fraud, cheatery (Du Cange): cf. pagānus.]
A deceiver, an impostor.
| ? a 1500 Colkelbie Sow 145 (Bann. MS.) A tyrant, a tormentour, A truphane, and a tratlour. |