Middle English Dictionary Entry
ductor n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ductor n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A guide, leader; the master of a ship; ?a scout for an army.
Associated quotations
- a1425 St.Anthony (Roy 17.C.7)132/37 : Þai called þe ductures of þe schyppes & sayde to þam: 'Brethere, we wyll go wyt ȝou.'
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.9 : He see iiii fires..whom the angelle, his ductor or leder [L ductor; Trev.: þe aungel þat ladde hym] expownyde.
- c1550(?a1400) Ordin.Househ.Edw.III (Hrl 782)9 : Rates of Wages in Tyme of Warre..surjons, mynstrelles, ductors, or centeners, everye man by the daye..12 d.