Middle English Dictionary Entry
fermerēr, -iēr n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fermerēr, -iēr n. Also fermer. |
| Etymology | Shortened from enfermer(ēr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The officer in charge of a monastic infirmary, an infirmarer.
Associated quotations
- c1390 NHom.Monk fr.Death (Vrn)2 : A blac Monk In an Abbay was ffermer [Phys-E: enfermer].
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1859 : So dide oure sexteyn and oure fermerer That han been trewe freres fifty yeer.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)27/6 : Þabbes sal do hir antente to þe seke, þat tay haue na defaute for þe forgetilnes..of þe fermerier.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)127 : A Fermerer: jnfirmarius.