10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACATOUR»
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acatour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Our English Surnames: Their Sources and Significations
Abner, 77. Above-brook, 83. John Abovebrok, A. Above-town, 83. Adelina
Abovetoun, A. William Abovetoun, M Absolom, 77. Absolon in 1e Dyche, A.
Absolon fil. Simon, C. Acatour, :76. Bernard le Acatour, M John le Acatour, Al.
Achatour, 176.
Charles W. Bardsley, 1873
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English Surnames: Their Sources and Significations
Gerard Abbraham, A. Robert Abraam, A. Absolom, 83. Absolon in le Dyche, A.
Absolon fil. Simon, C. Abstinence, 103. Abstinence Pougher, 104, n. Acatour, 210
. Bernard le Acatour, M. John le Acatour, M. Accepted, 104. Accepted Frewen,
104 ...
Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, 1815
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Cartularium Monasterii de Rameseia
326. Absolon, John, money due from, II. 394. Absolution, I. 64, 68, 69, 70 ; II. 252.
Acarius, Prior of St. Alban's, made Abbot of Peterborough, III. 177. —— tenant in
Brington, II. 46. See Acharus. Acatour, Gervase 1e, III. 70. tour. Acci, duo, III. 274.
William Henry Hart, Ponsonby A. Lyons, 2012
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See CHAIN, para 1. eater, v (whence caterer), derives from cater, obs for 'cnterer':
ME eataur, caterer, (lit) purchaser, aphetie for acatour, purchaser: AF, from ONF,
acatour (cf OF achateor, acatear, the fortner yielding EF-F' aelreteur): VL ...
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A Dictionary of English Surnames
AFr acatour, early OFr acateor, central OFr achatour 'buyer' (01386 NED), ME
catour, aphetic form of acatour, acater 'buyer of provisions for a large household' (
01400 NED). Cator is also local, from Cator (Devon): Laua de Cadatrea 1167 ...
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Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis: Liber albus, Liber ...
... lun merke pur le ineillur vin, et lautre pur le comun vin ; et qe nul tonel soit mis
abrocbe devaunt qe il soit assaie et merche par les avauntditz gardeins, qi a ceo
serrount ordenez, Et qe cliescun acatour puisse ver trere le vin qil devera acater,
...
7
Observations Upon the Statutes, Chiefly the More Ancient, ...
que le beignous. nome de purveyor, foit change, en nonv cfachetour" which, as it
hath not been translated, I shall render,, " that the hateful name of purveyor, shall
be changed to that of " acatour [a]."' This conceit of remedying an oppression, ...
8
The Parliament Writs and Writs of Millitary Summons
Burgess returned for Reading.--Parliament summoned at Westminster, on
Tuesday in Fifteen Days of the Purification, 16 Feb., but prorogued to Sunday
next after the feast of St. Matthias the Apostle, 28 Feb. ....... .. 33 Ed. I. Acatour,
Johannes le ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
our is a shortened form of acatour, by loss of initial a. Acaloitr is formed (by
adding the OF. suffix -our of the agent) from ONorthF. acater (OF. achater, F.
ackeler), to buy. [Cf. acat, achat, a buying, a purchase; a word used by Chaucer,
Prol. 571.] ...
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Middle English dictionary
Also acatour; cp. catour. [AF acatour, CF achateur.] A buyer of provisions, esp. for
the household of the king or a lord; a purveyor. [Q240) Cart.Ram- sey in RS 79.l
430: Robertus le Achatour. Q288) Doc. in Riley Mem.Lond. 23: Joce le Akatur.
Hans Kurath, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, Robert E. Lewis, 1952
