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tasseller, -eler|ˈtæs(ə)lə(r)|
[f. tassel v. + -er1; cf. OF. taseleor.]
†1. One who makes tassels. Obs. rare.
1301Rolls of Parlt. I. 248/2 Matilda la Taselere. Ibid. 255/2 Gilbert le Taselere.
2. One who wears a cap with a tassel; † gold tasseller, a nobleman who is a member of a university, distinguished by his academic cap having a tassel of gold thread: cf. tassel n.1 2, quot. 1755.
1846Landor Citation Shaks. Wks. II. 285/2 The worst question to any gold tasseller is, ‘How do you do?’ |