† brevern.
Obsolete.
One who makes entries in books; a book-keeper.
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society > communication > record > written record > compiler or keeper of written records > [noun]
breverc1475
recorder?1530
noter1589
record-keeper1627
booker1669
notator1830
calendarer1864
society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > book-keeper
breverc1475
bookkeeper1555
booker1883
ledger-clerk1887
c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 71 Noe yoman..to bere or make oute of this office any breade but by knowledge of the brevour.
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