arrayer
(əˈreɪə(r))
In 4 arraiour, 7 arreyer.
[a. OF. araieor, areeor, f. areer to array.]
1. gen. One who arrays.
| c 1370 Wyclif Prelates xxxiv. Wks. 1879, 100 Arraiouris of sathanas batailis. |
2. spec. in Hist. (= Commissioner of Array).
| 1617 J. Rider, Arreyers, vide Muster masters. 1706 Phillips, Arrayers, or Commissioners of Array, certain Officers, whose Business is to take care of the Soldiers Armour, and to see them duly accoutred. 1875 Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvii. 543 To array men-at-arms, and to pay them and convey them to Scotland..at the cost of the commons, arrayers and conveyers. |