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stannator|stæˈneɪtə(r)|
[ad. med.L. stannātor (stagnātor 1198 in G. R. Lewis Stannaries App. 233) irreg. f. late L. stannum (stagnum) tin.]
A member of the Stannary convocation or parliament.
1686in Cal. Treas. Papers (1868) I. 19 Precepts to the four Cornish Mayors, for meeting at Lostwithiel,..to choose their respective stannators. 1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3951/1 Her Majesty having been pleased to grant Her Commission to the Rt. Hon. the Lord Granville, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, to hold a Convocation, or Parliament of Stannators, according to ancient Custom. 1877Encycl. Brit. VI. 426/1 Twenty-four stannators were returned for the whole of Cornwall. Their meeting was termed a parliament, and when they assembled they chose a speaker. |