ˈvirgater Hist.
[f. virgate n. + -er1.]
A person holding or cultivating a virgate of land.
| 1897 Maitland Domesday & Beyond 416 Even the villein virgater on the monastic manors of the thirteenth century is often expected to have four oxen. 1900 N. & Q. 9th Ser. VI. 382/1 Next above the four virgaters just mentioned are..four bovators. |