Middle English Dictionary Entry
part-tāker n.
Entry Info
| Forms | part-tāker n. Also parte-taker. |
| Etymology | From part n. & tāker(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. parti-taker.
1.
A sharer, partaker; a participant, supporter.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)180/30 : I made hem for þe worschip and praisynge of me, euerlastynge fadir, and þat þei schulden be partetakers of my fairnesse.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2183 : Þat greuys me full gretly..Hit shuld come you by course..To be sory for my sake..And part-taker of my payne.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)270 : A Parte taker: particeps.
- a1600(1472) Rec.Bluemantle (Jul C.6)382 : All þe nobles wt there parte takers to take Sanctuery, some put into dyuers prison, some to make fyne to their Importunate charge.
- (a1450) Code Laws in Willmore Hist.Walsall165 : Every Burges..shall geve good and indifferent counsell, and shalbe no part taker in eny cause ayenst the welth of the same Towne.