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‖ ˈbreviger Obs. exc. Hist.
[med.L.: f. brevis, breve, brief + -ger -carrying.]
One who carries briefs; a begging friar.
1859York Fabric Rolls (Surtees) 167 note, Another letter of instructions for a breviger. 1859Sat. Rev. VIII. 428/1 Chaucer must have had a Yorkshire breviger in his mind, when he described, in his Sompnoure's Tale, the alms⁓gatherer in Holderness. |