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forayer (ˈfɒreɪə(r)) Forms: 4 forrier, forreyer, ferrour, 4–5 forrayour, forrour, 4–6 -eour, 5 -ear, ferriour, -your, foreyour, 7 forreiar, 9 forayer. [from two different sources: ME. forrier is a. OF. forrier, (see also fourrier, furrier1):—med.L. type *fodrārius, f. *fodro fodder (see forage n.); ...
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furrier
▪ I. † ˈfurrier1 Obs. Also 6 furiour, furrior, -yer, 7 furriour. See also forayer, fourrier. [ad. F. fourrier, OF. forier, f. feurre forage.] One who went in advance of an army, etc. to secure and arrange accommodation, etc.; a purveyor, quarter-master; hence also a courier, harbinger. Comb., as fur...
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fourrier
ˈfourrier Obs. exc. Hist. or as an alien word. Also 7–8 fourier. [a. F. fourrier, var. of OF. forrier: see forayer.] 1. = forayer.1481 Caxton Godeffroy lxxxiii. 131 They made semblaunt for to take fourriers and the horses nyghe them. 1604 E. Grimstone Hist. Siege Ostend 30 The Arch-duke had caused a...
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forager
forager (ˈfɒrɪdʒə(r)) Forms: α. 4–7 forager(e, 5–6 fourrager, (6 forageour, forragiour, foriger), 6–7 forrager, 6– forager. β. 6 foranger, -enger, -inger. [ad. OF. forragier, f. forrage forage n.; also a. OF. fourrageour, agent-n. f. fourragier forage v. With the βforms cf. messenger, passenger.] † ...
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furriel
‖ furriel Obs. [Sp. (obsolete); perh. a corruption of F. fourrier.] = furrier1, forayer 2.1598 R. Barret Mod. Warres 150 All the furriels, maiors, or chiefe Harbingers of the Tertios of the Infantery. 1599 Minsheu Span. Dial. 59/2, I would to God such were the health of the Furriel which gaue it vs.
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foray
▪ I. foray, n. (ˈfɒreɪ) Forms: α. 4–5 forray, (5 ferray), 5 forra, 5–7 forrey, (5 forey), 6–7 forreie, 9 foray. β. 6 forrow. [See next vb.] 1. A hostile or predatory incursion or inroad, a raid. † in, of foray: on a foray. Revived in the 19th c. by Sir Walter Scott.1375 Barbour Bruce ii. 281 Sum sal...
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