waferern.

Forms: Also Middle English waferare, waferere, Middle English–1600s wafrer, waffrer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman wafrer, < wafre wafer n. Compare Anglo-Latin waferarius.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwaferer.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A maker or seller of wafers or thin cakes. The itinerant wafer-sellers of both sexes had the repute of being ready to act as intermediaries in amatory intrigues. Cf. wafer-woman n. at wafer n. Compounds 2, wafrestre n. at Derivatives. In royal and other great households there were one or more ‘waferers’, whose duties probably included the making of confectionery in general.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of bakery goods

pieman1301

waferer1362

wafroner1457

bun-seller1653

cake man1662

cake boy1776

muffin man1810

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 120 ‘I-wis,’ quaþ a waferer, ‘wust I þis for soþe, Schulde I neuere forþere a fote for no freres prechinge’.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 12 Ȝif þei [the religious] ben made wafreris, ȝeuynge lordes, ladies and riche men a fewe peris, appelis or nottis to haue huge ȝiftis to þe couent, euyl þei coueiten here neȝeboris goodis.

c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 151 Syngeres with harpes, Baudes, wafereres.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvi. 199 Mynstralcie can ich nat muche, bote make men murye, As a waffrer with waffres.

a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 72 Offyce of Wafere [r] s, hathe one yoman making wafyrs.

?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. A^v Fyrste was he hosteler, and than a wafrer.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.v^v Yermongers, pybakers, and waferers.

1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 107 To William Clopton, in lieu of all fees claimed by him as waferer to his said Majestie on the day of the coronation 30 0 0.

1861 Our Eng. Home 70 The brilliancy of a mediaeval feast was chiefly due to the ingenuity of the waferers, or confectioners.

Derivatives

† ˈwafrestre n. [-estre, -ster suffix] Obsolete a female waferer.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of bakery goods > woman

wafrestre1377

pie-wife1592

wafer-woman1607

cake woman1648

pie woman1653

pie-lass1837

tart-woman1848

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 641 ‘Wite god,’ quod a wafrestre [A text waferere], ‘wist I þis for sothe, Shulde I neuere ferthere a fote, for no freres prechynge.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	waferer
释义	waferern. Forms: Also Middle English waferare, waferere, Middle English–1600s wafrer, waffrer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman wafrer, < wafre wafer n. Compare Anglo-Latin waferarius.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwaferer. Obsolete exc. Historical. A maker or seller of wafers or thin cakes. The itinerant wafer-sellers of both sexes had the repute of being ready to act as intermediaries in amatory intrigues. Cf. wafer-woman n. at wafer n. Compounds 2, wafrestre n. at Derivatives. In royal and other great households there were one or more ‘waferers’, whose duties probably included the making of confectionery in general. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of bakery goods pieman1301 waferer1362 wafroner1457 bun-seller1653 cake man1662 cake boy1776 muffin man1810 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 120 ‘I-wis,’ quaþ a waferer, ‘wust I þis for soþe, Schulde I neuere forþere a fote for no freres prechinge’. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 12 Ȝif þei [the religious] ben made wafreris, ȝeuynge lordes, ladies and riche men a fewe peris, appelis or nottis to haue huge ȝiftis to þe couent, euyl þei coueiten here neȝeboris goodis. c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 151 Syngeres with harpes, Baudes, wafereres. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvi. 199 Mynstralcie can ich nat muche, bote make men murye, As a waffrer with waffres. a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 72 Offyce of Wafere [r] s, hathe one yoman making wafyrs. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. A^v Fyrste was he hosteler, and than a wafrer. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.v^v Yermongers, pybakers, and waferers. 1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 107 To William Clopton, in lieu of all fees claimed by him as waferer to his said Majestie on the day of the coronation 30 0 0. 1861 Our Eng. Home 70 The brilliancy of a mediaeval feast was chiefly due to the ingenuity of the waferers, or confectioners. Derivatives † ˈwafrestre n. [-estre, -ster suffix] Obsolete a female waferer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of bakery goods > woman wafrestre1377 pie-wife1592 wafer-woman1607 cake woman1648 pie woman1653 pie-lass1837 tart-woman1848 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 641 ‘Wite god,’ quod a wafrestre [A text waferere], ‘wist I þis for sothe, Shulde I neuere ferthere a fote, for no freres prechynge.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1362
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