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fermerer
▪ I. † ˈfermerer1 Obs. [f. fermery + -er1.] The superintendent of a (monastic) infirmary. Cf. enfermer.c 1386 Chaucer Sompn. T. 151 So did our sextein, and our fermerere, That han ben trewe feeres fifty yere. 1483 Cath. Angl. 127/2 A Fermerer, jnfirmarius.▪ II. † ˈfermerer2 Sc. Obs. Forms: 6 fermora...
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infirmarer
infirmarer Hist. (ɪnˈfɜːmərə(r)) Also 5 enfermerere, 9 -firmerer. [a. OF. enfermerier (Godef.), app. f. enfermerie infirmary, but see -er1 3. The usual OF. form was enfermier (mod.F. infirmier) enfermer (see also fermerer).] In mediæval monasteries, the person who had charge of the infirmary; the in...
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firmorie
firmor, firmorie var. of fermerer2, -y.a 1618 Raleigh in Gutch Coll. Cur. I. 83 A mere tenant at will, or firmor of the profits.
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farmer
▪ I. † ˈfarmer1 Obs. Forms: 5 fyrmar, 6 fermer, fermourer. [f. farm v.1 + -er1.] One who cleanses or purifies. In comb. gong-farmer. Obs.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 203 Goonge fyrmar [v.r. gonge⁓fowar], cloacarius. c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.) 3 Than came a gonge fermourer, Other wyse called a mass...
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-er
▪ I. -er, suffix1 ME. -er(e, -ar(e, OE. -ęre (ONorthumb. often -are), forming ns., represents WGer. -âri:—OTeut. -ârjo-z, whence OHG. -âri (MHG. -ære, mod.G. -er), and (with change of declension) ON. -ari (OIcel. -are, later -ari, Sw. -are, Da. -ere). The related and functionally equivalent WGer. -a...
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