"procurour" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌprɔkiu̯ˈruːr/, /ˈprɔkiu̯rur/, /prɔˈkiu̯ruːr/ (note: by analogy with procuren) Forms: procurours [plural], procurer [alternative], procuroure [alternative], procurur [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman procurour, Old French procureor, from Latin prōcūrātor. By surface analysis, procuren + -our and doublet of procuratour; first attested in c. 1325. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|xno|procurour}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman procurour, {{bor|enm|fro|procureor}} Old French procureor, {{der|enm|la|prōcūrātor}} Latin prōcūrātor, {{surf|enm|procuren|-our}} By surface analysis, procuren + -our, {{doublet|enm|procuratour|nocap=1}} doublet of procuratour, {{etydate|c|1325|nocap=1}} first attested in c. 1325 Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} procurour, {{enm-noun}} procurour (plural procurours)
  1. An agent or representative; someone who acts for or represents:
    (rare) A manager or steward of a household.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-procurour-enm-noun-6YYd5txZ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Household, Law Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 27 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 24 30 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 30 17 Disambiguation of Household: 52 14 19 14 Disambiguation of Law: 19 41 39 1
  2. An agent or representative; someone who acts for or represents:
    (Early Scots, rare) An attorney; a legal representative.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-procurour-enm-noun-Bres82iG Categories (other): Early Scots, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Law, Offices Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 27 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 24 30 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 30 17 Disambiguation of Law: 19 41 39 1 Disambiguation of Offices: 19 38 19 23
  3. An agent or representative; someone who acts for or represents:
    (Roman Empire, rare) A procurator (Roman official)
    Tags: Roman-Empire, rare
    Sense id: en-procurour-enm-noun-Tu-GRnL~ Categories (other): Roman Empire, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Law Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 27 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 24 30 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 30 17 Disambiguation of Law: 19 41 39 1
  4. An instigator or inducer; someone who incites.
    Sense id: en-procurour-enm-noun-Zt8wWuu1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 27 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 24 30 27 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 30 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 22 24 31 Disambiguation of Occupations: 24 20 24 32

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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