cofferern.
/ˈkɒfərə/ Obsolete exc. Historical.† 2. One who makes coffers. Obsolete.
1.
a. A treasurer. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money
hoarder944
treasurerc1290
purse-bearerc1300
coffererc1330
pursera1450
boucherc1450
bowgerc1450
purse-masterc1450
thesaurer1473
expenditor1499
bowser1534
bursarya1552
bursar1587
stock-keeper1589
bag-bearer1598
bourser1685
sumptuary1789
money manager1874
investment manager1879
tizzy-snatcher1914
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 319 Sir Rauf þe Coffrers þat tyme was Tresorere.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 320 Þe Cofrere [Fr. le Cofrere].
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 972 He commaunded..his coferer that kept his money, to giue a friend of his 25. Myriades.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Rom. xvi. 23 Erastus the cofferer of the citie saluteth you.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 344 In that account made by H. Leicester, Cofferer to Thomas Earle of Lancaster vnder Edward the second.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 35 Ye Fortune's Cofferers! Ye powers of Wealth!
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous III. iii. 114 The Bank of Amsterdam, then the most famous Corporation of Cofferers..in Europe.
b. An officer of the royal household of England, next under the controller; he had the oversight of the other officers. Historical.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > cofferer
cofferera1552
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 45 One notable Tombe..wherein William Cope, Coferer to K. H. 7. is buried.
1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 4 §1 Any..Cofferer of the Houshold to the Queen's Majesty.
1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. xii. 101 The cofferer..is to pay the wages of the king's servants above and below stairs.
1780 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 326 The king's household..has..three treasurers;—the treasurer of the chamber, the treasurer of the household, and..the cofferer of the household.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 18 Sir Edmund Peckham, Cofferer of the household, was found to have gone off with the treasure.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of containers or receptacles > [noun] > makers of other containers or receptacles
cofferer1401
pail maker1559
trugger1566
trunk-maker1701
corver1708
swiller1859
urn-maker?1881
vase-maker1893
1401 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 109 Girdelers, coferers, ne corvysers, ne no manere of artificeris.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Coferers, carde makers, and caruers.
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