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coveter|ˈkʌvɪtə(r)|
Also 4 couetour, -eyter, 6 covoiter.
[f. covet v. + -our, -er2 3: cf. F. convoiteur.]
One who covets or is given to coveting.
c1374Chaucer Compl. Mars 262 The couetour that was so nyce. 1382Wyclif 1 Cor. x. 6 We ben not coueyteris of yuelis. 1554Philpot Exam. & Writ. (Parker Soc.) 326 Covoiters of newelties and busy bodies. 1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 272 Of these flowers the European women at the Cape are great coveters. 1850Tait's Mag. 32/1 The coveters of his tenement. |