Middle English Dictionary Entry
baptīser n.
Entry Info
Forms | baptīser n. Also ? bapter. |
Etymology | From v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who baptizes.
Associated quotations
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)263 : Sein Johan bapter hine nom bi tuoþen is honden.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)8b : A Baptiser: Baptista.