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warrer|ˈwɔːrə(r)|
Forms: 3 weorreur, 3–5 werrour(e, 3–4 werreur, wereur, verreur, 5 werrur, verrour, 5– warrer.
[Early ME. weorreur, werrour, etc., a. AF. werrour, agent-n. f. werrer to war, f. werre war n.; coalescing with the later English formation on war v. + -er1.]
†1. One who engages in warfare, a soldier, warrior. Also, an antagonist, a persecutor. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 246 Þe weorreur of helle mei longe asailen ou. a1300Cursor M. 8306 Wereur art þou ful wight. Ibid. 20933 To þaim he [Paul] first was verreur [Gött. werreur] And afterward becom prechur. 13..Ibid. 18014 (Gött.) [S]ir sathan þan till hell ansuerd..Receiue iesu..vr werreur bath mi and þine. 13..Guy Warw. (1891) 398 Hou he hadde euer ben strong werrour, For Iesu loue. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 3773 Theire Cite Is bothe styff, stalworthe, and strong,..And ful of men and gode verroures. 1436Pol. Poems (1859) II. 199 The merveillouse werrour and victorious prince, Kynge Herry the vth. c1440Gesta Rom. iv. 11 (Harl. MS.) Oure lord, þe doȝty werrour, ihesu criste. 1482J. Warkworth Chron. 2 The best warrer of all that time.
2. One who wars or contends (against something).
1836Lane Mod. Egypt. II. xi. 168 On the occasions of all the great religious festivals in Cairo,..these female warrers against modesty [i.e. unveiled girls]..are sure to be seen. |