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† ˈmeat-giver Obs.
[f. meat n. + giver n.]
A giver of food, a hospitable person.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 143 Men..bymeneth good mete-ȝyueres and in mynde haueth, In prayers [etc.]. a1483Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 18 The fame of an excellent mete giver. [14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 688/37 Hic dapifer, mettes gyffer.] 1567Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 31/2 The ressettar,..meit geuar, & intercommonar with sic personis, salbe [etc.]. |