Middle English Dictionary Entry
labōrant(e n. & adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | labōrant(e n. & adj. |
| Etymology | L labōrans, ppl. of labōrāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who suffers from a disease, a sick man, patient; as adj.: afflicted; (b) a surgeon at work.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)24a/a : At lest þat þe passion be aleged & þat it noye noȝt to þe laborant [*Ch.(2): seke man].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)37b/b : None..sinthomatez..so heuyeþ or diseseþ laborantez [*Ch.(2): seke men] or pacientez as akyng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)117a/a : And it bihoueþ not for to proffre it often tymes to þise laborant bodiez bot twies forsoþ in wynter.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)8/1 : He..þat is wayke of hert is noȝt in way of curacion..I haue sene but fewe laborante in þis vice heled in any sikenes.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)78b/b : Figure forsoþ couenable to þe laborant toward byneforþ [*Ch.(2): to hym þat wircheþ inward], forsoþ þe backe vpward.