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▪ I. † ˈfermerer1 Obs.
[f. fermery + -er1.]
The superintendent of a (monastic) infirmary. Cf. enfermer.
c1386Chaucer Sompn. T. 151 So did our sextein, and our fermerere, That han ben trewe feeres fifty yere. 1483Cath. Angl. 127/2 A Fermerer, jnfirmarius.
▪ II. † ˈfermerer2 Sc. Obs.
Forms: 6 fermorar, 7 fermarer, -orer.
[f. fermer, farmer2 + -er1.]
= farmer n.2 2 and 3.
a1572Knox Hist. Ref. iv. (1632) 298 Thair Factours and Fermorars. 1609Skene Reg. Maj., Stat. David II, 43 Fermorers borne of husband men..may not ficht for the libertie of their predicessours. Ibid. Table 79 Fermarer, or tenent to any man. |