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cozener
cozener (ˈkʌz(ə)nə(r)) Forms: 6 couson-, coosen-, cosson-, cousen-, 6–7 cosen-, cosin-, 7 couzen-, cozon-, cos'ner, coz'ner. [f. cozen v. + -er.] A deceiver, cheat, impostor.1561 J. Awdelay Frat. Vacab. 3 The company of cousoners and shifters. 1587 Golding De Mornay xxx. 474 Magicians and deceitfull...
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Anon., A cozener of Antwerp (16 August 1586).
Anon., A ballad of William Cloudesly never printed before (16 August 1586).
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cosiner
▪ I. cosine Trig. (ˈkəʊsaɪn) [mod. f. co- prefix 4 + sine. The L. cosinus occurs in Gunther Canon Triangulorum (1620); F. cosine.] The sine of the complement of a given angle. (Abbrev. cos.)1635 I. W. Sciographia 44 As the Radius Is to the cosine of the angle given. 1726 tr. Gregory's Astron. I. 141...
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affronter
affronter (əˈfrʌntə(r)) [f. affront v. + -er1.] † 1. One who impudently deceives; a pretender. [Cf. mod.Fr. affronteur.]1598 Florio, Cantonière, a cozener, a conycatcher, a deceiuer, an affronter. 1631 Massinger Beleeve as you list iii. ii, Must I, because you say soe, Beleeve that this most miserab...
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cozen
▪ I. cozen, v. (ˈkʌz(ə)n) Forms: 6–9 cozen; also 6 cooson, -in, (cousinge, cossen, cussen), 6–7 coosen, cosen, coson, cousin, 7 cosin, cozon, coozen, cousen, -son, -zin, 7–8 couzen. [Derivation uncertain. The earliest trace of the word appears to be in the derivative cousoner in Awdelay's Fraterniti...
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shifter
shifter (ˈʃɪftə(r)) [f. shift v. + -er1.] 1. One who shifts something (in any sense of the vb.); spec. a scene-shifter.1571 Act 13 Eliz. c. 8 §4 All..other Doynges whatsoever for Gayne..whereuppon is not reserved.. to the Lender Contracter Shyfter Forbearer or Deliverer above the Summe of Tenne Poun...
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