Middle English Dictionary Entry
chētǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chētǒur n. Also cheitur. |
| Etymology | From achētǒur , eschētǒur. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Escheat officer.
Associated quotations
- (1327) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms140 : Joh. Chetour.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)322 : At justices, at shirreves, cheiturs, and chaunceler.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)73 : Chetowre: Confiscator, caducarius.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)132 : The emperour..sent his chetour in to ytaile to make a scisme a geyn martyn þe pope.