harbourerharborern.
/ˈhɑːbərə/ 1. One who harbours, shelters, or entertains; an entertainer, a host. Also figurative. Now more usually dyslogistic.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > one who or that which gives refuge > one who gives refuge
reset1488
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1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke viii. (R.) Of an harbourer of deuils, was he sodainly made a disciple, and scholar of Jesus.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 45 Eyther..harberours of Antes..or els breeders of..weedes.
1624 T. Scott 2nd Pt. Vox Populi 28 Abettors, maintainors, concealors of their plots or haberours of their persons.
1652 J. Audley Englands Common-wealth 29 It became the Commons to be harborers of the people.
1710 J. Strype Hist. E. Grindal ii. xiv. 278 A great Nurse of pious Men, and Harbourer of Exiles for Religion.
1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun in Wks. III. 19 Not to the Don as harbourer of his daughter.
1892 Daily News 25 Jan. 5/3 Unpolished granite..is a sad harbourer of soot and dust.
2. Stag-hunting. One whose office it is to trace a deer to its covert.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of deer
huer1530
harbourer1651
deerstalker1830
roe-hunter1840
1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. xxix Old Forrest Spys, the Harborers With hast approach.
1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 72 The Harbourer having taught his Hound to draw mute always round the outside of the Covert.
1884 R. Jefferies Red Deer vi. 104 The work of the ‘harbourer’ is to find where a runnable stag is in ‘harbour’ on the morning of the meet.
Derivatives
ˈharbouress n. (also harboresse) a hostess.
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1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ix. 428 Mary..was a devout harboresse,..that gladly entertained the disciples of Christ.
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