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custrel
▪ I. † custrel Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈkʌstrəl) Also 6 coustrell, 6–7 costrel(l, costerel. See also coistrel. [Coincides in meaning with OF. coustillier, -illeur, lit. a soldier armed with a coustille (see custile), hence, ‘an esquire of the bodie, an armour-bearer vnto a knight, the seruant of a man at a...
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coystrel
coystrel see coistrel, custrel.1570 Levins Manip. 55 A coystrel, mirgizo.
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coustrelyng
† ˈcustreling, coustrelyng Obs. [dim. of custrel: see -ing.] Lad, groom, ‘knave’.a 1553 Udall Royster D. i. iv. (Arb.) 29 Oh, your coustrelyng Bore the lanterne a fielde so before the gozelyng.
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questrel
† questrel variant of custrel, groom. Obs.1551 Edw. VI Lett. in Lit. Rem. (Roxb.) 72 They had noe pages, questrells, nor demilaunces, but al wel armed.
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custron
† ˈcustron Obs. Forms: 4 quystron, qwistron, 4–6 quystroun(e, 5 quisteroun, quysteroun, (?) qwistoune, custrun, 6 coystrowne; Sc. custron, 6–7 -oun, 7 -one. [a. OF. coistron, coestron, quistron, coitron, in nom. case questres, quaistre, scullion:—late L. cocistrōnem, nom. cocistro ‘tabernarius’ (Pap...
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coistrel
coistrel Obs. or arch. Also 6 coystrel(l, coisterel, 6–7 coystril(l, 8 coistril. [A variant of custrel q.v. (An interchange of u and oi in words from Fr. is frequent.)] 1. A groom, or servant in charge of the horses of a knight.1577 Holinshed Chron. II. 429 A knight with his esquire, and coistrell w...
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costrel
▪ I. costrel1 Obs. exc. dial. (ˈkɒstrəl) Forms: 4–5 costril(le, -ell(e, 5 costrele, -ylle, costerell, (6 kostorell, 7 castrel), 9 costril, 4–9 costrel. [a. OF. costerel, synonymous with costeret: cf. med.L. costārium, costerium, ‘poculum vinarium’, and, in same sense, costrellus (Du Cange). OF. cost...
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-rel
-rel or -erel (also formerly -ral, -ril), a diminutive and depreciatory suffix, in some cases representing OF. -erel (mod.F. -ereau) or -erelle, but in the majority of instances attached to native stems, or occurring in words of obscure origin: see the etym. notes to cockerel, dotterel, hoggerel, ma...
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Q
Q (kjuː) the seventeenth letter of the modern and the sixteenth of the ancient Roman alphabet, was in the latter an adoption of the Ϙ (κόππα, koppa) of some of the early Greek alphabets. The Phœnician letter from which this was derived had the forms {semqoph1}, {semqoph2}, {semqoph3}, and was used a...
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