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plaidur (c.1136-65)

plaidur (c.1136-65)

plaidour,  playtere;  pleder,  pledeor,  pledeur,  pledour,  pledur;  pleidiere,  pleideur,  pleidour,  pleidur,  pleydour;  pleiter,  pleytere,  pleytur  
[ FEW: 9,6b placitum; Gdf: 6,183c plaideor; GdfC: 10,347b plaideor; TL: 7,1006 plaidëor; DEAF:  plait (plaideor); DMF:  plaideur; TLF:  plaideur; OED:  pleader n.1; MED:  pledour n. / pletour n.; DMLBS: 2301a placitator ]

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1orator, preacher
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  E en latin Asembleor L'ethimologent li plusor; Plaideor resenefie Solunc alt' ethimologie  161
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  E vus, dan Grimund le pleidiere, Devenu estes trop gangliere  3021
( MS: s.xiii2 )  fatidicus: pleidur  ii 22
lawadvocate, pleader, one who pleads in a court
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  La nen avera mester pleydour ne fauz temoyne  579
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Entre pledours sourde le toil  103
( 1280 )  et pledours, et attornez, et ensoignours, et ascune foitz en Court des Viscountes, accessors, et chescun autri juge, privement ou apertement  281
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Le pledour ové le president Et l'apprentis et l'attourné Le noun portont inproprement Du loy; car loy deins soy comprent Verray justice et equité, Mais ils la loy ont destourné en cautele et soubtilité  24794
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1279 )  Peter le Pleytur  pletour n.
( 1311 )  Bartholomew le Playtere  pletour n.
fals plaidur
pej.false pleader, liar
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Li faus sutif e li leres, Li faus pleidur e li tricheres  38

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See also:

plai1  plaidable  plaidé  plaider  plaiderel  plaideresse  plaiderie  plaidif  pleding 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
plaidur