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† uptaker Obs.
[up- 8, or f. uptake v.]
1. One who sustains or supports another; a helper.
a1340Hampole Psalter iii. 3 Þou lord is myn vptakere. [Also xvi. 3, xli. 12, lviii. 10.] 1388Wyclif Ps. xlv. 8 God of Jacob is oure vptakere. [Also liii. 6, lxxxviii. 27.]
2. Sc. One who collects or levies taxes, etc.
1576Rec. Sheriff Crt. Aberdeen. (1904) 242 Uptaker of the multur and knaifschipe of the tounes and lands. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S) II. 444 Faithful vptakeris of the lyueng and gathereris of the rentis.
3. Sc. A leader of psalmody; a precentor.
1620Extr. Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887) 153 Teacher of musik, and uptaker of the psalmes in the kirk. 1662Ibid. 241 The offices of a readder in the kirk,..and uptaker of the psalmes. |