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hearkener, harkener|ˈhɑːk(ə)nə(r)|
Also 4–5 herkner(e, 6 harkner.
[f. hearken v. + -er1.]
One who listens or gives ear; a listener.
1340Ayenb. 58 Þe herkneres do wel lheȝȝe. c1422Hoccleve Learn to Die 547 Thyn herkners and thyn Auditours. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. clvi, There sawe I..The fery tigere..The herknere bore. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 101 The predication is not to be lawded that endureth ouer the power of the herkeners. 1550Crowley Epigr. 1421 An herkener of fables and lyes. 1811W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXV. 486 The starers..or harkeners are satirized.
†b. An eavesdropper; a scout. Obs.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Tim. v. (R.), Babling tale-tellers & curious herkeners. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Escouteur..a harkner, a scout, an eavesdropper. |