taberdar
(ˈtæbədɑː(r))
Also 7 taubator, tabitter, 8 tabiter, 7–8 taberder, 7– tabardar.
[f. taberd, tabard.]
lit. One who wears a tabard; a name formerly given to certain scholars of Queen's College, Oxford, from the gown they wore; still surviving in the name of some of the scholarships at that college.
| [1566 Register of Queen's Coll. 5 Apr., Electio Taberdorum habita 5° die mensis Aprilis Anno Elizabethe Regine 8°. 1569 Ibid. 29 Jan., Electio Taberdiorum.] 1648 in Burrows Reg. Visitors Univ. Oxf. (Camden) 177 Oct. 30 Avery Tompson, Tho. Collinson, Taubators. 1660 Wood Life Dec. (O.H.S.) I. 352 The Taberder sings the aforesaid song. 1691 ― Ath. Oxon. I. 348/2 After he [Henry Airay] was Bachelaurs standing, in 1583, he was made Pauper Puer, or Tabardus or Tabardarius; that is, a Tabarder or Tabitter, (so called because anciently they wore Coats or upper Gowns, much according to the fashion of those belonging to Heralds). 1769 De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. II. 243 (Queen's College, Oxford.) The Society consists of a Provost, 16 Fellows, 16 Scholars, 2 Chaplains, 8 Taberders..and 40 Exhibitioners. 1882 Stat. Queen's Coll. iii. i. in Stat. Univ. Oxford 336 The eight holders of Open Scholarships who are highest in seniority from the time of their election shall always be called Taberdars. |