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coffrer (1275)
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coffrer (1275)

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cofferer,  cofrer;  copherer  
  FEW:  cophinus 2/ii,1152b Gdf:  coffrier 2,168b GdfC: ∅ TL: cofrier 2,525 DEAF:  cofre (cofrier)  DMF:  coffrier  TLF: ∅ OED:  cofferer n.  MED:  cofrer n.  DMLBS:  coffrarius 371c

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1occupationbox-maker: 
( 1372 )  nous […] devysesmes a […] J.F. coffrere viij. li.  GAUNT1 ii 100
2occupationtitletreasurer, cofferer: 
( 1318; MS: s.xv )  un cofferer qi serra mytz pour le tresorer  Ord York 246
( 1343-50 )  les offices le roy, c’este a saver, tresorer, chaunceler, cofrers, justices  Cron Lond1 87.12
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1275 )  John le Cofrer  Family Names Coffer
( 1290 )  John le Cofferer  Family Names Coffer
( 1305 )  .iiij. li. queus il receut par la main Sire R. le Coffrer  Rot Parl1 i 474

See also:

coffin  coffre  coffret 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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