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plummer (1102-7)

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plummer (1102-7)

plomer,  plomner;  plumber,  plumberre;  plumer  (plimmer)  
[ FEW: 9,97a plumbum; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,358c plombier; TL: 7,1176 plomier; DEAF:  plon (plomier; DMF:  plombier; TLF:  plombier; OED:  plumber n.; MED:  plumber n.; DMLBS:  plumbarius ]

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1occupationplumber, one who deals in or works with lead
( 1285-96 )  lez plumers ke overeront le plum  SC 8/322/E541
( 1382 )  Nous vous mandons que de nostre plumbe [...] facez liverer [...] a [...] Piers Clete de Lamburne plummer  ii 240
( 1407-08 )  Item paié a .c. plumber pur un sestern et un pipe de lede et pur sowder a dit sestern - .xiij. s. .vj. d.  9 Henry IV
( 1461 )  son vitrier, messagiers de son eschequer, brouderer, plumber, joynour, feisour des seetz deins la Toure de Loundres  ii 385
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1102-7 )  Godric Plumberre  Plummer
( 1230 )  Ric. le Plumber  plumber n.
( 1299 )  Robert le Plimmer  Plimmer

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See also:

plum1  plumbage  plumbin  plumé1  plumer2  plumet 
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.
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