Middle English Dictionary Entry
puller(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | puller(e n. |
| Etymology | From pullen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A person who pulls out hair; (b) a depriver of property; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.50.6 : My bodi I ȝaf to þe smyteres & my chekis to þe pulleris [L vellentibus]; my face I turnede not awei fro þe blameres.
b
- c1460 Oseney Reg.38/16 : Pluckers awey of them [church lands, rents, etc.], and pullers [L distractores], afore þe sete of þe euerlastyng Jugge to be i-dampned we denunce.
c
- (1332) Sub.R.War.in Dugd.Soc.630 : Henry le Puller.
- (1385) Assize R.War.in Dugd.Soc.16166 : Johannes Pullere.