Middle English Dictionary Entry
prē̆sentǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prē̆sentǒur n. Also presenter. |
| Etymology | OF presentëor, AF presentour. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who formally introduces a royal personage, (b) one who formally presents a letter of petition, a bearer; (c) one who presents or offers up something, a giver; (d) law one who brings a formal charge of wrongdoing.
Associated quotations
a
- a1509(?1468) Marriage in Archaeol.31 (Add 46354)327 : Ther abode [with] my ladye, attendinge apon hir in hir ship, my lord Skalles, hir presenter.
b
- (1443) Proc.Privy C.5.326 : Beseching yow of your gracious lordshipes benyngnely to accepte James Aleyne, knight, presentour of our saide writyng to our saide soveraigne lord.
c
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)261 : Whanne a man offriþ eny þing to god, þilk deede of offring is not ellis þan a presenting..for þis entent, þat þe presenter..meene þerbi þat he takiþ and biknowiþ god for his souereynest and heed lord.
d
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)131 : The purprestures presentyd in the same toun shul ben redressed and amendyd be sighte of the ballyves and of the hed boroughes presentoures [ID(1): presentours].