affeerer

English

Alternative forms

affurer, affearer (obsolete)

Etymology

Formed in English as affeer +‎ -er, after the Anglo-Norman afferour, affoerour. Compare affeeror.

Noun

affeerer (plural affeerers)

(law, obsolete) One who affeers.
- 1615, John Manwood, Treatise of the Forest Laws:
  They shal be amerced and their amercement shall be affeared by affearers there.

Synonyms

affeeror

References

“affeerer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.