Middle English Dictionary Entry
redresser(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | redresser(e n. |
| Etymology | From redressen v.; cp. F (16th cent.) redresseur. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who puts right a wrong; one who corrects another.
Associated quotations
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)381 : Noman ouȝte be iuge in his owne cause..neither eny man ouȝte be redresser of the wrong which his neiȝbour dooth to him.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)154 : Of redressere [F adreceur] ne of vndertakere thei taken no keep.