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taintor, -our
[Agent-n. from taint v.1]
†1. [Cf. taint v.1 A.] One who brings legal evidence against another for conviction of some crime; an accuser, informer. Obs.
1451Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 40/2 Þat na man haf out of þe Realme gold bulȝeone or siluer vnder þe payn of escheite þareof, þe tane half to þe king & þe toþir half to þe tayntour & þe takar.
2. [a. AF. teintour = OF. teintor, -ur, -eur.] A dyer. rare.
1889McAnally in Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 812 The cloth..finished and ready for the Dyer, Litter, or Lister, or the Norman Taintor or Taintur. |