▪ I. † ˈfermerer1 Obs.
[f. fermery + -er1.]
The superintendent of a (monastic) infirmary. Cf. enfermer.
| c 1386 Chaucer Sompn. T. 151 So did our sextein, and our fermerere, That han ben trewe feeres fifty yere. 1483 Cath. Angl. 127/2 A Fermerer, jnfirmarius. |
▪ II. † ˈfermerer2 Sc. Obs.
Forms: 6 fermorar, 7 fermarer, -orer.
[f. fermer, farmer2 + -er1.]
= farmer n.2 2 and 3.
| a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. iv. (1632) 298 Thair Factours and Fermorars. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj., Stat. David II, 43 Fermorers borne of husband men..may not ficht for the libertie of their predicessours. Ibid. Table 79 Fermarer, or tenent to any man. |